About the Theatre
Founded in 1997, Boise Contemporary Theater is the only nonprofit professional theater within 300 miles dedicated to producing challenging new work. Our mission is to inspire our community to examine our perspectives and better understand ourselves, each other, and the world around us by creating thought-provoking stories of the human experience.
BCT is a recipient of the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, two-time recipient of the National Theater Company Award from the American Theater Wing, and the 2022–23 City of Boise Cultural Ambassador. Currently in its 24th Season, BCT has presented over 90 Mainstage productions, including over 23 world premieres such as Eric Coble’s The Velocity of Autumn (which continued to Broadway).
Our Mainstage season of five productions brings more than 12,000 visitors to BCT. Another 3,000-plus visitors enjoy our season-long reading series and summer reading series, both dedicated to bold new works, as well as a children’s reading series. Our annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival, launched in 2021, furthers our commitment to presenting diverse new voices.
BCT’s education program, A.C.T. at BCT, strives to reach a broad audience representative of our community. We serve over 2,000 students through onsite and outreach Theater Lab programs in which students conceive, write, produce and perform in their own original productions. We continue expanding our outreach programs to include more underserved schools with high populations of low-income, at-risk, and refugee students.
BCT’s intimate black box space seats 231 guests. We own and perform in a historic building in the BODO District of downtown Boise, the hub of Boise’s cultural community. BCT hosts or collaborates with myriad local arts organizations, including The Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, Opera Idaho, Idaho Botanical Garden, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and Treefort Music Fest.
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SILENT SKY Begins Performances At Boise Contemporary Theater Next Week
by A.A. Cristi - April 11, 2024
Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson, a captivating true story of suffragettes and astronomy intertwined with humor and the beauty of life under the endless sky, runs Wednesday through Saturday for three weeks, April 17 - May 4, 2024, at Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT)....
Support West Coast Regional Theaters on Giving Tuesday
by Joshua Wright - November 28, 2023
In the vibrant spirit of generosity that defines Giving Tuesday, BroadwayWorld is proud to shine a spotlight on the remarkable campaigns launched by theaters across the United States, Canada, and Australia. Check out campaigns from the West Coast....
Past Shows
When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. ...
"mesmerizing... a whirling tour de force, both brazen and fragile," Jeanne Huff, BOISE WEEKLY
Clyde's, written by the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, is a powerful dramedy that takes a comedic yet poignant look at redemption and second ...
Middle of the World
10/11
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10/28/2023
"How far would you go for the ones you love?" Fast-paced dramedy spans two continents, and many Uber rides to bring political intrigue and laughter.
Held at the Morrison Center at 2PM & 7PM, Boise Contemporary Theater celebrates the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop with this one-man multimedia show telling ...
Why is that cactus dressed like a clown? And what's with the basketball? Theater Lab students perform their own original works WILD WILD JEST & ...
March 8 - 25, 2023, Run Time: Approximately 90 minutes with NO intermission “…a show that aims to open our eyes to the tiny moments when ...
SWEAT by Lynn Nottage January 25 - February 11, 2023 Run Time: Approximately 2 hours with a 15 minute intermission Filled with warm humor and ...
Where are we? How did we get here? How do we get out?? Is this a cult? Similar questions, but two very different stories. Find ...
Enter into this show Ive created. It may not be real, but reals overrated. Theres a nightly floor show at the local drive-in on the ...
Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who ...
It’s time to go outside and Play! Experience intriguing new plays straight off the page, and imagine the visual world without full sets, costumes or ...
Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who ...
Enter into this show Ive created. It may not be real, but reals overrated. Theres a nightly floor show at the local drive-in on the ...
Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe Boise Contemporary Theater...
Slow Food
1/29
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2/15/2020
The Nancy L. Donahue Theatre: Wendy MacLeod; dir: Sean Daniels....
The Wolves
10/16
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11/9/2019
Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. An all girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big ...
Rabbit/Moon
4/17
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5/4/2019
Dwayne Blackaller, Matthew Cameron Clark; dir: Dwayne Blackaller, Matthew Cameron Clark....
Gardens and cultures clash, turning friendly neighbors into feuding enemies in this funny world premiere by the author of The Book Club Play. Pablo, a ...
Clarkston
2/13
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3/9/2019
Samuel Hunter; dir: Davis McCallum....
Samuel D. Hunter; dir: Eric Ting....
David Lindsay-Abaire Boise Contemporary Theater...
CHICAGO-Strawdog Theatre Company, Artistic Director Hank Boland and Hugen Hall Artistic Director Anderson Lawfer are proud to announce the first production in its 2015–2016 Hugen ...
Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Express, Independent, Daily Mail Winner of seven 2013 Olivier Awards, this highly- acclaimed National Theatre production embarks ...
House of Tomorrow
2/21
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3/10/2018
Cat Crowley; dir: Dwayne Blackaller. Boise Contemporary Theater:...
Adam Enright; dir: Tracy Sunderland. Boise Contemporary Theater:...
Hand to God
10/18
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11/4/2017
After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet ...
CHICAGO – Teatro Vista, in association with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Victory Gardens Theater, presents the world premiere of ...
book: John Cameron Mitchell; lyrics: Stephen Trask; music: Stephen Trask; dir: Tracy Sunderland....
book: John Cameron Mitchell; lyrics: Stephen Trask; music: Stephen Trask; dir: Tracy Sunderland....
Constellations
2/10
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3/5/2016
This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world ...
A dynamic leap into site-specific performance, S5 invites audiences to a unique theatrical adventure somewhere in Boise. Immerse yourself in stories that move through a ...
Tracy Sunderland; dir: Tracy Sunderland....
“Every evening the young Fisherman went out upon the sea, and threw his nets into the water.” So begins the 1891 fairy tale by Oscar ...
Their last collaboration, A NIGHTTIME SURVIVAL GUIDE, reached the biggest audience in BCT history with a story that spanned sixteen time zones. In the spring ...
The new year will bring new plays to BCT, beginning with the World Premiere of a poignant comedy set in Warren, Michigan. It's there you'll ...
THIS WONDERFUL LIFE
11/26
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12/21/2013
Share the hope and humor of Frank Capra’s adored Classic Christmas screenplay It’s A Wonderful Life in this delightful re-imagining. The virtuosic James Leaming portrays ...
Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant—and the growing competitive presence of a new generation of artists—Rothko takes on his greatest career challenge yet: ...
- Eric Coble; dir: Dwayne Blackaller....
Eleven-year-old Verne lives in Arco, Idaho, where the nights are getting longer. Half a world away, where more often than not it's already tomorrow, lives ...
Eleven-year-old Verne lives in Arco, Idaho, where the nights are getting longer. Half a world away, where more often than not it's already tomorrow, lives ...
Damascus
11/28
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12/22/2012
Master storyteller Andrew Weems (NAMASTE MAN) returns with an adventure of self discovery. DAMASCUS is an irreverent tale of a dubious hero, who embarks on ...
The 11|12 Season will be capped off by the second add-on production. New York Innovative Theatre Award-winning writer/performer Andrea Caban is back with her sold-out ...
Off The Record
4/4
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4/28/2012
The hit of the 2011 5X5 Reading Series makes it’s way to full production in 2012. The playwright, Lynn Allison, is known primarily for her ...
We meet eight-year-olds Kayleen and Doug in the nurse’s office of their elementary school. She has a stomachache and a penchant for “bad thoughts”, he ...
Idaho native Samuel D. Hunter is on quite a roll. His play A BRIGHT NEW BOISE, which premiered in New York last fall, has been ...
Shipwrecked!
10/5
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10/29/2011
The adventurous Louis de Rougemont invites you to hear his amazing tale of bravery, survival and celebrity that left nineteenth-century England spellbound. Dare to be ...
Re/Fraction
9/7
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9/10/2011
We are trying something new this year at BCT. In addition to the usual four full productions in our season we have expanded your opportunities ...