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Mar 05

BPT Spring Plays in Repertory: “The Fig Tree, and The Phoenix, and The Desire to be Reborn” & “The Recursion of a Moth”

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Presented by Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
949 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
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The Fig Tree, and The Phoenix, and The Desire to be Reborn 
February 20 – March 9 on the Snodgrass Stage
By Isabelle Fereshteh Sanatdar Stevens
Directed by Nikta Sabouri
Original Music and Sound Designer: Arshan Gailus
Digital playbill 

The Recursion of a Moth 
February 27 – March 9 on the Snodgrass Stage
By Brandon Zang
Directed by Katie Brook
Digital playbill 

Critique by Kitty Drexel

BOSTON — This Spring, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre presents two new plays as part of its repertory season: Isabelle Fereshteh Sanatdar Stevens’ The Fig Tree, and The Phoenix, and The Desire to be Reborn and Brandon Zang’s The Recursion of a Moth. Fig adapts an Iranian/Zoroastrian creation myth into a fantasy parable. Moth explains time recursion (a physics term for time looping back in itself… I think.) via an expanded family social experiment.  Both trace love across oceans of time.  Continue reading →

Mar 29

May We All Find Our People: “Driving in Circles”

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Jordan Palmer (left), Jay Eddy (center), Zach Fontanez (right); Photo by Scornavacca Photography.

Presented by Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
Written, composed, and performed by Jay Eddy
Directed by Sam Plattus
Featuring the talents of Zach Fontanez and Jordan Palmer

March 21 – April 6, 2024
Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
949 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

Digital Playbill

Critique by Kitty Drexel

Content Transparency: This performance explores healing after trauma and contains themes of sexual violence, childhood sexual abuse, suicide, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Production features live electronic music (earplugs are available). For further details on topics mentioned, click here.

BOSTON, Mass. — Driving in Circles is a “solo-ish” musical with a killer backup band (Zach Fontanez and Jordan Palmer). Jill (Jay Eddy) is a young person bearing the psychological burden of shameful secrets. We watch Jill grow up into a whip-smart young adult with an agile, curious mind and severe mental health problems. We watch Jill navigate high school, college, and adulthood without executive functioning skills to an electro-rock beat.  Continue reading →