Central Square Theater

2013-14 Season

• Absurd Person Singular

  July 18 - August 25, 2013

  Three couples, three kitchens, three Christmas Eves.

  Director

  • • Daniel Gidron Director

  Writer

  • • Alan Ayckbourn Playwright

• The Other Place

  September 12 - October 20, 2013

  Renowned neurologist Juliana Smithton’s life is unraveling: her husband is leaving her and a betrayal has led to an estrangement from her daughter – all while Juliana is in the midst of a medical crisis.

  Director

  • • Bridget Kathleen O’Leary Director

  Writer

  • • Sharr White Playwright

• Arabian Nights (2013)

  November 17 - December 29, 2013

  Enter ancient Persia, and be transformed by the power of storytelling.

  Director

  • • Daniel Gidron Director

  Writer

  • • Dominic Cooke Adapter

• Insignificance

  January 9 - February 9, 2014

  It’s 1953. An actress who might be Marilyn Monroe knocks on the door of a dingy hotel room where a Professor – Albert Einstein? – is calculating the shape of the universe. Her husband, a baseball player, is jealous. And a zealous, sweaty Senator is looking for “Reds.” Terry Johnson (of The Nora’s Hysteria) conjures […]

  Director

  • • Daniel Gidron Director
  • • Hatem Adell Assistant to the Director

  Writer

  • • Terry Johnson Playwright

• Brundibar & But the Giraffe!

  March 6 - April 6, 2014

  A fairytale opera for the entire family, Brundibar celebrates the triumph of the helpless over tyranny and the transformative power of art.

  Director

  • • Scott Edmiston Director
  • • Todd C. Gordon Music Director/ Pianist
  • • Ilyse Robbins Choreographer
  • • Maggie Moore Abdow Associate Artistic Director

  Writer

  • • Tony Kushner Adapter (Brundibar), Playwright (But the Giraffe!)
  • • Hans Krása Music by
  • • Adolf Hoffmeister Librettist

• Sila

  April 24 - May 25, 2014

  Sila illuminates the competing interests shaping the future of the local Inuit population and of our planet.

  Director

  • • Megan Sandberg-Zakian Director

  Writer

  • • Chantal Bilodeau Playwright

• Cassandra Speaks

  June 5 - 29, 2014

  Acclaimed Shakespeare & Company actress Tod Randolph portrays Dorothy Thompson in this passionate, funny, tell-all about one of the most charismatic women of the 20th century.

  Director

  • • Nicole Ricciardi Director

  Writer

  • • Norman Plotkin Playwright