This year sees O’Leary and her wife, Jo Williams, take on the task of producing Moonbox Productions’ New Works Festival for the fifth year, which, as always, showcases the work of local playwrights.
CST’s ‘Breaking the Code’ Is Not To Be Missed
Central Square Theater’s stirring production of Hugh Whitemore’s Breaking the Code follows the turbulent but brilliant life of one of the world’s most important thinkers.
Lyric Stage’s “…Shamelessly Gorgeous” Puts Black Women Center Stage
At the center of Lyric Stage Company’s production of Pearl Cleage’s Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous is Anna Campbell (Patrice Jean Baptiste), an older Black actress whose claim to fame was a one-woman show in which she performed–in the nude–all the male monologues from August Wilson’s plays.
Dramaturg Lois Roach on Continuing the Ufot Family Cycle with “Lifted”
Initiated by the Huntington Theatre, the Ufot Family Cycle is a massive undertaking by the Boston theater community. Across nine plays and three generations, Mfoniso Udofia’s series examines both the intimate life of one family and the expansive reach of the African diaspora.
