BIPOC Playwrights Festival at Boise Contemporary Theater
Dates: 8/21/2024 - 8/25/2024
📍 Theatre: Boise Contemporary Theater
854 Fulton St
Boise, ID 83702
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The BIPOC Playwrights Festival returns to Boise Contemporary Theater from August 21 to August 25, 2024, showcasing new works from diverse playwrights. This year's event features talent from Broadway and beyond, including participants such as Habib Yazdi, Kamila Boga, and Lisa Langford. The festival culminates in staged readings and a performance piece that reflect on how backgrounds shape identities. With a lineup of accomplished directors and actors, the festival promises to deliver innovative storytelling and fresh perspectives in theater.
News About BIPOC Playwrights Festival at Boise Contemporary Theater
World Premiere of AJAX Will Open at Boise Contemporary Theater
April 09, 2026 Boise Contemporary Theater will present AJAX, a world premiere comedy by Habib Yazdi about the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup in Tehran, featuring a talking pool onstage. The production previews April 22 and runs through May 9, 2026.
Boise Contemporary Theater To Host Fifth Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival
August 07, 2025 Boise Contemporary Theater’s Fifth Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival runs August 20–23, 2025, featuring Jesa or the Realm of Possibility by Jeena Yi and The Wetlands by AriDy Nox, directed by Mei Ann Teo and Chanel Bragg.
World Premiere Production Of BIPOC Playwrights Selection At Boise Contemporary Theater
March 28, 2025 World Premiere production at Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT) of a 2023 BIPOC Playwrights Festival Selection, The Life You Gave Me by Novid Parsi, directed by Hamid Dehghani.
Boise Contemporary Theater To Receive $25,000 Grant From The National Endowment For The Arts
January 14, 2025 Boise Contemporary Theater has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $25,000. This grant will support BCT's 5th Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival to be held in August of 2025.
THE LIFE YOU GAVE ME Comes to Boise in 2025
December 16, 2024 The World Premiere of The Life You Gave Me by Novid Parsi is coming to Boise Contemporary Theatre next year. Performances will begin in April. Learn more here!
100th Production Opens Season At Boise Contemporary Theater Next Week
September 28, 2024 Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT) will open their season next week with their 100th play, the critically-acclaimed What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck, who earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States when she was just 15 years old.
BIPOC Playwrights Festival Brings Talent From Broadway and Beyond To Boise
August 10, 2024 Actors, directors, and playwrights arrive next week for Boise Contemporary Theater's (BCT) Fourth Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival to be held August 21-25, 2024, at BCT.
$25,000 NEA Grant Helps Fund BIPOC Playwrights Festival Held at Boise Contemporary Theater for First Time
July 31, 2024 Tickets now available for Boise Contemporary Theater’s (BCT) Fourth Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival August 21-25, 2024, to be held in their own theater at 854 Fulton Street in Boise for the first time in the festival’s history.
Boise Contemporary Theater Calls For Submissions For BIPOC Playwrights Festival
February 28, 2024 Boise Contemporary Theater is now accepting submissions for its fourth annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival, tentatively scheduled for August 15-24.
Boise Contemporary Theater to Receive $25,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
January 24, 2024 Boise Contemporary Theater has announced that it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $25,000. This grant will support BCT's 4th Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival.
Tickets Now Available For Boise Contemporary Theater's Third Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival
August 09, 2023 Tickets are now available for Boise Contemporary Theater’s (BCT) Third Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival August 21-25, 2023, through Ticketmaster.
Emily Mahon Hired As Boise Contemporary Theater's New Managing Director
April 03, 2023 As Boise continues to experience unprecedented growth, BCT is expanding to serve the needs of a larger and more diverse community. Especially in a rapidly changing city like Boise, BCT wants to impress upon businesses, donors, and audiences how important it can be for Boise to be part of a national theatrical conversation.
Long Time Non-Profit Education Director Hired As Boise Contemporary Theater's New Managing Director
March 13, 2023 Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT), the only professional theater in 300 miles that focuses entirely on new and contemporary plays, welcomes Emily Mahon as its new Managing Director.
Boise Contemporary Theater Announces Plays and New Partner For Second Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival
July 13, 2022 Boise Contemporary Theater has announced the Second Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival August 1-6, funded in part by a partnership with Boise Cascade, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the incredible generosity of the Morrison Center Endowment Fund.
Boise Contemporary Theater to Receive $15,000 Grant From the National Endowment for the Arts for BIPOC Playwrights Festival
May 20, 2022 This NEA program provides project-based funding and “supports public engagement with, and access to, various forms of art across the nation, the creation of art, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life.”About the Theatre
Boise Contemporary Theater Frequently Asked QuestionsFAQ
What shows are coming up next at Boise Contemporary Theater?
AJAX (4/22/26-5/9/26)
What shows have played recently at Boise Contemporary Theater?
AJAX (04/22/26-05/09/26)
Jake Allen (03/12/26-03/12/26)
Hillfolk Noir and Friends (03/05/26-03/05/26)
Primary Trust (02/04/26-02/21/26)
All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 (12/03/25-12/20/25)
Eureka Day (10/01/25-10/18/25)
The Life You Gave Me (04/23/25-05/10/25)
The Life You Gave Me by Novid Parsi (04/23/25-05/10/25)
BCT's Fourth Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival (08/21/24-08/25/24)
CLYDE'S by Lynn Nottage (02/14/24-02/17/24)
Jake Allen (03/12/26-03/12/26)
Hillfolk Noir and Friends (03/05/26-03/05/26)
Primary Trust (02/04/26-02/21/26)
All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 (12/03/25-12/20/25)
Eureka Day (10/01/25-10/18/25)
The Life You Gave Me (04/23/25-05/10/25)
The Life You Gave Me by Novid Parsi (04/23/25-05/10/25)
BCT's Fourth Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival (08/21/24-08/25/24)
CLYDE'S by Lynn Nottage (02/14/24-02/17/24)
Where is Boise Contemporary Theater located?
Boise Contemporary Theater is at 854 Fulton St, Boise, ID.
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