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Primary Trust
Feb 4 – Feb 21, 2026
Primary Trust shows how small acts of encouragement impact others in unpredictable ways- how friendship can be a cure for loneliness for us all.
All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Dec 3 – Dec 20, 2025
All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 returns to Boise Contemporary Theater, showcasing the poignant story of the unofficial truce during World War I...
Eureka Day
Oct 1 – Oct 18, 2025
Eureka Day, a Tony award-winning play by Jonathan Spector, opens the 2025 season at Boise Contemporary Theater. The production features a talented cast including Joe...
The Life You Gave Me
Apr 23 – May 10, 2025
The Life You Gave Me, written by Novid Parsi and directed by Hamid Dehghani, is a world premiere play at Boise Contemporary Theater. The story...
The Life You Gave Me by Novid Parsi
Apr 23 – May 10, 2025
WORLD PREMIEREThe Life You Gave Meby Novid ParsiDirected by Hamid Dehghani2023 BIPOC Playwrights Festival SelectionA son tries to save his mother. She has other ideas. So...
BCT's Fourth Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival
Aug 21 – Aug 25, 2024
Playwrights of Color workshop five new works with directors and actors, then present staged readings and performance pieces for their first audience.
BIPOC Playwrights Festival
Aug 21 – Aug 25, 2024
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...
CLYDE'S by Lynn Nottage
Feb 14 – Feb 17, 2024
"mesmerizing... a whirling tour de force, both brazen and fragile," Jeanne Huff, BOISE WEEKLY
Middle of the World
Oct 11 – Oct 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.
BREAK IT DOWN, written and performed by Herb Newsome
Aug 26
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...
Wild Wild Jest & This Town of Perfect Flaws
May 11 – May 13, 2023
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 & THIS...
Tiny Beautiful Things
Mar 8 – Mar 25, 2023
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 the...
Sweat
Jan 25 – Feb 11, 2023
SWEATby Lynn NottageJanuary 25 - February 11, 2023Run Time: Approximately 2 hours with a 15 minute intermissionFilled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story...
"The Hollow In Between" & "Dead Ends"
Nov 3 – Nov 5, 2022
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...
The Show on the Roof
Apr 15 – May 9, 2020
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...
Super Secret Site Specific Something
May 13 – Jun 6, 2015
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...
A Nighttime Survival Guide
Jan 30 – Mar 2, 2013
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...
A Nighttime Survival Guide
Jan 30 – Mar 2, 2013
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
Nov 28 – Dec 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...
GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
Jan 25 – Feb 18, 2012
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