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Florida Studio Theatre Extends SMOKE & MIRRORS Through End of August


Florida Studio Theatre will extend the comedic murder mystery, Smoke & Mirrors. Smoke & Mirrors centers on Hamilton Orr, one of Hollywood’s top directors, who brainstorms a deadly scheme to gain control over a multi-million-dollar film. Smoke & Mirrors will now run in FST’s Gompertz Theatre through August 28, 2022.

Florida Studio Theatre Presents SMOKE & MIRRORS, A Comedic Murder Mystery This Summer


Florida Studio Theatre (FST) presents Smoke & Mirrors, a riveting comedic thriller by Will Osborne and Anthony Herrera.

BCT Continues its Best-Selling Season with THE STORM IN THE BARN


Boise Contemporary Theater, celebrating the best-selling season in its 22-year history, opens its doors once again beginning December 6 to grownups and children alike for the second show of the 17 18 Season, Eric Coble's The Storm in the Barn. Based on the popular graphic novel for older kids (8 and up) by Matt Phelan, Storm tells the story of eleven-year-old Jack Clark (played by Chicago-based actor Sarah Cartwright) and his family who are weathering, as best they can, the Dust Bowl of 1937.

BWW Review: GOLDEN GIRLS CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA at Alley Repertory Theater


Are you looking for a fun filled evening of music, comedy and the Golden Girls?! Look no further than Alley Repertory Theater's GOLDEN GIRLS CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA.

Alley Rep Joins Tomorrow's GHOSTLIGHT PROJECT Event


At 5:30pm on January 19, 2017, Alley Repertory Theater will join over 500 theaters, ensembles, companies, and educational programs across the country to light a light and pledge to stand for and protect the values of inclusion, participation, and compassion for everyone - regardless of race, class, religion, country of origin, immigration status, (dis)ability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

BCT Reimagines its Most Popular Show Ever, A NIGHTTIME SURVIVAL GUIDE, An Adventure for Everyone!


Boise Contemporary Theater today announced  the full cast and crew for the second show of its 21st Season, A Nighttime Survival Guide-written and directed by BCT Founding Artistic Director, Matthew Cameron Clark, and Associate Artist, Dwayne Blackaller.

Alley Rep Announces 2016/2017 Series: KILL THE DARLINGS


Call it celebrity culture or just old-fashioned idolatry, but when we lavish more attention on characters and avatars than flesh-and-blood human beings, something essential is lost. In KILL THE DARLINGS, Alley Repertory Theater's 2016/2017 series, three comedic plays will confront the idols of politics, mythology, and pop in hopes of rediscovering our shared humanity.

Alley Rep Announces 2016/2017 Series: KILL THE DARLINGS


Call it celebrity culture or just old-fashioned idolatry, but when we lavish more attention on characters and avatars than flesh-and-blood human beings, something essential is lost. In KILL THE DARLINGS, Alley Repertory Theater's 2016/2017 series, three comedic plays will confront the idols of politics, mythology, and pop in hopes of rediscovering our shared humanity.

Photo Flash: First Look at Great Lakes Theater's THE FANTASTICKS


Great Lakes Theater (GLT), Cleveland's Classic Company, concludes its 2016-17 season with the classic musical, The Fantasticks. The production will be performed in the company's intimate and audience-friendly home at the Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square, May 13-29, 2016. Victoria Bussert directs the production. The Fantasticks is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

THE HOBOKEN CHICKEN EMERGENCY Set for Children's Reading Series at BCT, 11/16


HOBOKEN CHICKEN EMERGENCY by D. Manus Pinkwater & Chad Henry, directed by Justin Ness, is coming to Boise Contemporary Theater's Children's Reading Series on November 16, 2014 at 2pm.

BWW Reviews: AS YOU LIKE IT - You Will Love It


I have seen a few different versions of AS YOU LIKE IT over the years. I think when watching Shakespeare it's gets easier and more enjoyable each time you see it, since you understand what is happening. However, I think this production does such a good job of telling the story through the actions they chose to go along with the dialogue, that someone who knew nothing about the story could tell you what it was about.

BWW Reviews: World Premiere of THE UNCANNY VALLEY at Boise Contemporary Theatre


knew that the play was set in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho. That is all I knew aside from the title. I have not done any further research into what the play was about. What I saw was not what I was expecting.

Boise Contemporary Theater Presents World Premiere of THE UNCANNY VALLEY, Now thru 4/26


The 13|14 Season at BCT closes with the World Premiere of The Uncanny Valley written and directed by Dwayne Blackaller and Matthew Cameron Clark. Their last collaboration, A Nighttime Survival Guide, reached the biggest audience in BCT history with a story that spanned sixteen time zones. But that was a play for the whole family. This one is just for the grown-ups. With The Uncanny Valley we will take you into the future to explore what it means to be human. Set in a place called the Longhouse, built as a rustic artists' retreat with a view of the Sawtooth Mountains, The Uncanny Valley will feature Carie Kawa, Matthew Cameron Clark, Justin Ness, Tracy Sunderland and Stitch Marker as Stanley, the caretaker who may be less, and perhaps more, than human. The Uncanny Valley will run Apr. 2 - 26, 2013, with an official opening on April 5.

Boise Contemporary Theater to Present World Premiere of THE UNCANNY VALLEY, 4/2-26


The 13|14 Season at BCT closes with the World Premiere of The Uncanny Valley written and directed by Dwayne Blackaller and Matthew Cameron Clark. Their last collaboration, A Nighttime Survival Guide, reached the biggest audience in BCT history with a story that spanned sixteen time zones. But that was a play for the whole family. This one is just for the grown-ups. With The Uncanny Valley we will take you into the future to explore what it means to be human. Set in a place called the Longhouse, built as a rustic artists' retreat with a view of the Sawtooth Mountains, The Uncanny Valley will feature Carie Kawa, Matthew Cameron Clark, Justin Ness, Tracy Sunderland and Stitch Marker as Stanley, the caretaker who may be less, and perhaps more, than human. The Uncanny Valley will run Apr. 2 - 26, 2013, with an official opening on April 5.

BWW Reviews: CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY Is What Everyone Wishes For


This performance is a part of Boise Contemporary Theater's (BCT) Children's Reading Series. Dano Madden and Jenny Sternling adapted the story by William Dean Howells written in 1892. The house was almost full. This is in regards to how Boise feels about BCT, they love it.

BWW Reviews: ISF's THE FOREIGNER Saves the Night (as Well as the Day)


Idaho Shakespeare Festival (ISF), over the past 37 years has become 'the place' to see [theatre] and be seen in Boise over the summer. The last show of this year is THE FOREIGNER by Larry Shue. This comedic farce made for an enjoyable night.

Horse Trade & Wide Eyed Productions Present The Trojan Women 7/7-23


Wide Eyed re-imagines Euripides' THE TROJAN WOMEN, antiquity's most powerful play about the eternal tragedy of war.

Horse Trade & Wide Eyed Productions Present The Trojan Women 7/7-23


Wide Eyed re-imagines Euripides' THE TROJAN WOMEN, antiquity's most powerful play about the eternal tragedy of war.

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