Benjamin Burdick News

World Premiere of AJAX Will Open at Boise Contemporary Theater

by Stephi Wild — April 9, 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.

ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914 Comes to Boise Contemporary Theater

by Stephi Wild — November 18, 2025

Moving Holiday docu-musical, All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 will come back to Boise Contemporary Theater [BCT] for a third time in cooperation with Opera Idaho and poses the question, “Could it really have happened like this?'

Novid Parsi To Receive National Theatre Conference’s Barrie And Bernice Stavis Playwright Award

by A.A. Cristi — November 11, 2025

Playwright Novid Parsi has been named the recipient of the 2025 Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwright Award from the National Theatre Conference (NTC), recognizing an outstanding emerging playwright.

EUREKA DAY Will Open Boise Contemporary Theater’s 25|26 Season

by A.A. Cristi — September 19, 2025

Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT) will open its 25|26 Season with Jonathan Spector’s Eureka Day, directed by Producing Artistic Director Benjamin Burdick.

Jacob McGaughey Receives Inaugural Ari Keever Trajectory Fellowship

by Stephi Wild — September 2, 2025

The University of Idaho Theatre Arts Department and Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT) have announced Jacob McGaughey as the inaugural recipient of the Ari Keever Trajectory Fellowship.

EUREKA DAY Comes to Boise in October

by Stephi Wild — August 12, 2025

Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector is coming to Boise.

World Premiere Production Of BIPOC Playwrights Selection At Boise Contemporary Theater

by A.A. Cristi — 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.

Idaho Playwright Samuel D. Hunter Returns to Boise Contemporary Theater

by Stephi Wild — February 25, 2025

Spring will bring lauded Idaho playwright Samuel D.

Boise Contemporary Theater To Receive $25,000 Grant From The National Endowment For The Arts

by A.A. Cristi — 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.

Boise Contemporary Theater Brings 5X5 Cast Back to Boise

by Stephi Wild — January 8, 2025

Boise Contemporary Theater will open 2025 with On The Other Hand, We’re Happy by Daf James featuring the celebrated 2022 Rogue Machine Theater cast from L.

THE LION Comes to Boise Contemporary Theater in December

by Stephi Wild — November 12, 2024

Boise Contemporary Theater will present a genre-redefining musical, The Lion by Benjamin Scheuer beginning next month.

Boise Contemporary Theater Launches 'Setting The Stage' Campaign

by Stephi Wild — October 11, 2024

Boise Contemporary Theater has announced the launch of its 'Setting the Stage' campaign, a $2 million initiative set to establish Boise as a top destination for arts experiences in the country.

100th Production Opens Season At Boise Contemporary Theater Next Week

by Blair Ingenthron — 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.

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).