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2014 TONY NOMINEE – BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL In celebration of our 25th Anniversary, we are pleased to present the new Broadway version of one of the most popular shows in SpeakEasy history, the musical...
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2014 TONY AWARD NOMINEE – BEST PLAY Based on actual events, Casa Valentina takes place in 1962 at a Catskills resort where a group of heterosexual men secretly gather to dress and behave like women....
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2014 OBIE AWARD-WINNER – BEST NEW AMERICAN PLAY After the death of their patriarch, the estranged members of the Lafayette clan gather at their crumbling Arkansas plantation home to mourn his loss and...
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Meet Scenic Designer Erik D. Diaz
On the surface, it would seem like the scenic design for MOTHERS & SONS wouldn’t hold a lot of surprises. The play takes place in only one setting, which the script describes as “a desirable...
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Mothers & Sons Photos
Production Photos Click images below to view full size. Then right-click and “Save As” to download high-resolution versions. Please see captions for actor identification. All photos by Craig...
View ArticlePlaywright Terrence McNally
Even at age 76, Terrence McNally keeps busy. He’s had two shows on Broadway in the past season alone: a star-studded remount of It’s Only a Play and the musical The Visit, for which he received a Tony...
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MOTHERS & SONS opens with a monologue: a middle-aged man tells an older woman about the view from the window they stand in front of. The man, Cal, jokes about joggers and his family. The woman,...
View ArticleMOTHERS & SONS Special Events
From talkbacks to artists forums to special guest speakers, this Spring is full of special events around SpeakEasy’s production of MOTHERS & SONS! Recurring Events: PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN: May 16th @ 4pm...
View ArticleVICTORY PROGRAMS NIGHT/ PANEL DISCUSSION
Join us on Friday June 5th for a special post show talk featuring Larry Kessler, a founding member of AIDS Action Committee, now the Boston Living Center Program Director for Victory Programs. Use the...
View ArticleThe 2016 Boston Project
SpeakEasy Stage Company is proud to announce the 2016 Boston Project: a new works initiative supporting the creation and development of plays set right here in our hometown. Our goal is to create more...
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WINNER! 2013 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARD – OUTSTANDING MUSICAL It’s November 21, 1963; and on the eve of their deployment to a small but growing conflict in Southeast Asia, three young Marines set out for one...
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ONE OF THE TOP TEN PLAYS OF 2014 – THE NEW YORK TIMES Bootycandy is a shockingly funny and saucy spin on race, sex, and sexuality. Based on the author’s own experiences growing up black and gay, the...
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What is APPROPRIATE about? The story of APPROPRIATE is about the Lafayette siblings assembling at their father’s home in Arkansas after his death to parse out what remains of the old plantation home...
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What is CASA VALENTINA about? CASA VALENTINA depicts a little known subculture in American history that is fascinating and funny. Based on actual people and a once-notorious resort for cross-dressing...
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What is VIOLET about? VIOLET is a powerful and poignant musical about one woman’s journey to self-awareness and self-acceptance. Tony-winner Jeanine Tesori combines gospel, rock, and folk music for a...
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What is BOOTYCANDY about? BOOTYCANDY is a searingly funny, edgy exploration of maleness, blackness and homosexuality. That’s a tricky triangle and it’s sharp on all sides. It’s a play about sex and...
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What’s the show about? Dogfight is about coming to terms with the end of innocence, both personally and on a national scale. It’s no coincidence that it’s set during the 1960s and the Vietnam War, when...
View ArticleProducers Dinner
Celebrate what makes SpeakEasy so special and share it with friends, old and new! Join us on Opening Night for a pre-show dinner at 5:00pm at a local South End restaurant, and then a 7:30pm Opening...
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Perform & Raise Money in SpeakEasy Stage’s Fall Benefit, The SwellTime Variety Hour Join us on Monday, November 9, 2015 at 8:00pm at the Calderwood Pavilion for SpeakEasy’s second-annual Fall...
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Inside appropriate
DirectorM. Bevin O’Gara Tuesday, August 18th marked the first rehearsal for the first show of our 25th Anniversary Season, appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. As the actors begin to delve into their...
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