Central Square Theater

2014-15 Season

• Her Aching Heart

  July 10 - August 10, 2014

  Two actresses portraying every character – including the men who long for them! Bryony Lavery has crafted a satirical romantic potboiler, complete with songs and miracles.

  Director

  • • Lee Mikeska Gardner* Director

  Writer

  • • Bryony Lavery Playwright

• Emilie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight

  September 4 – October 5, 2014

  Tonight, Emilie du Châtelet, leading physicist (before there was such a word), card shark and all-around bad ass during the Age of Enlightenment returns searching for answers: Love or Philosophy? Head or Heart?

  Director

  • • Judy Braha director

  Writer

  • • Lauren Gunderson playwright

• A Disappearing Number

  October 16 – November 16, 2014

  The legendary collaboration of Ramanujan and G.H. Hardy inspires a passionate love story set in the Indian diaspora.

  Director

  • • Elaine Vaan Hogue director

  Writer

  • • Complicite playwright
  • • Simon McBurney conceived & originally directed

• Arabian Nights (2014)

  November 28 – December 31, 2014

  Join us and be transformed by the power of storytelling – again! The Nora Theatre Company and Underground Railway Theater revive their award-winning production (2012 Independent Reviewers of New England Awards for Best Ensemble, Best Puppetry, Best Costumes, and Best Director) of Dominic Cooke’s Arabian Nights.

  Director

  • • Daniel Gidron director

  Writer

  • • Dominic Cooke adaptor

• Bedlam’s Saint Joan

  January 15 - February 8, 2015

  Four actors perform all 24 roles in Bedlam’s production of Saint Joan, declared “Irresistible! Ferocious!” and “A force of nature!” by the New York Times and a Top Ten Play of 2013 by Time magazine.

  Director

  • • Eric Tucker* director

  Writer

  • • George Bernard Shaw writer

• Grounded

  February 19 – March 22, 2015

  Grounded was named a Top 10 Play of 2013 by The Guardian and the London Evening Standard, Grounded was nominated for the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award.

  Director

  • • Lee Mikeska Gardner* director

  Writer

  • • George Brant playwright

• The Edge of Peace

  April 3 - 12, 2015

  The final play in the acclaimed trilogy by Suzan Zeder exploring the life of Tuc, a Deaf man, as he grows up in the 1940s in Ware, Illinois.

  Director

  • • Lee Mikeska Gardner* Director
  • • Maggie Moore Abdow Director

  Writer

  • • Suzan Zeder Writer

• Mr g

  April 23 – May 24, 2015

  Mr g creates time, space, matter, a few basic laws of physics. These give birth to stars, planets… but intelligent life? The Creator’s plans go awry when a mysterious rival questions the nature of free will. Together, we experience the birth and fate of Mr g’s favorite universe: ours.

  Director

  • • Wesley Savick Adaptor/Playwright/Director

  Writer

  • • Alan Lightman Novelist