The Road To Berlin Runs Through Central Square
By: Julie Musbach Apr. 09, 2018
O.W.I. (Bureau of Theatre), recently nominated for Best Visiting Production for Keith Hamilton Cobb's American Moor by the Independent Reviewers of New England, presents the World premiere of BERLIN; OR, THE PART OF YOU THAT WANTS IT: A MUSICAL COMEDY LOVE STORY (WRITTEN BY ACCIDENT), written by Shaoul Rick Chason and directed by Pete Riesenberg. Performances take place April 19 - May 12, 2018 in the Studio at Central Square Theatre (450 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA). Press night, Thursday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets from $25-$35, are on sale now.
A genderqueer look at sexual predation by O.W.I. resident playwright Shaoul Rick Chason, "Berlin; or, The Part of You That Wants it: A Musical Comedy Love Story (Written by Accident)" is an irreverent vaudeville about an American rapist who goes to Berlin and inadvertently starts a genderfucked feminist revolution of anarchy and turmoil, staged in a Brechtian burlesque of epic theatre. With Eric McGowan, Erin Reilly and Patrick McCarthy.
From the playwright, Shaoul Rick Chason, "I wrote BERLIN out of a desire to critique a new trend... Our communities of thought, despite noble aims, are actively encouraging anti-intellectual, morally simplistic discourse on the complicated issues of gender identity, race relations, and politics that ultimately stifle progressive liberation of oppression more than they support said liberation."
Performances:
- Thursday, April 19, 7:30
- Friday, April 20, 8:00 p.m.
- Saturday, April 21, 2:00 & 8:00 p.m.
- Thursday, April 26, 7:30
- Friday, April 27, 8:00 p.m.
- Saturday, April 28, 2:00 & 8:00 p.m.
- Thursday, May 3, 7:30
- Friday, May 4, 8:00 p.m.
- Saturday, May 5, 2:00 & 8:00 p.m.
- Thursday, May 10, 7:30
- Friday, May 11, 8:00 p.m.
- Saturday, May 12, 2:00 & 8:00 p.m.
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