a strange loop
A Strange Loop, Book, Music and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson
directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent a Co-Production with SpeakEasy Stage Company April 26, 2024 - May 25, 2024 at The Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA Winner! 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 2022 Tony Award for Best Musical Michael R. Jackson’s blisteringly funny masterwork A Strange Loop exposes the heart and soul of a young black queer artist grappling with desires, identity, and instincts he both loves and loathes. “Theatre at its best is brave, moving, uplifting, and challenging” says Maurice Emmanuel Parent, director of A Strange Loop and The Porch Co-Producing Artistic Director. “This incredible musical is that and then some! When I saw it I couldn't believe something this black and queer and honest was on Broadway. I'm ecstatic to be able to share it with Boston audiences.” Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 2022 Tony Award for Best Musical, Front Porch and SpeakEasy Stage are together again to bring A Strange Loop to Boston. |
TICKETS HERE:
https://www.bostontheatrescene.com/shows-and-events/a-strange-loop/?_ga=2.10507956.1453507148.1708967422-1382468477.1708280998 CONTENT WARNING: This production contains explicit language, references to racism, sexual assault, homophobia and scenes of an adult nature. |
next to normal
Next To Normal, Music by Tom Kitt, Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
directed by Pascale Florestal
a Co-Production with Central Square Theater
May 30, 2024 - June 23, 2024
at Central Square Theater
Heading back to Cambridge for the final production of the season, The Porch teams up with their first homies at Central Square Theater to produce the Tony Award, and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Next to Normal. Dad's an architect. Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal. Their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens. A typical American family. Except Mom’s been battling bipolar disorder for 16 years. Director Pascale Florestal, “We’ll bring you this story through a new lens examining a Black upper middle class family. Reminding us that these experiences happen to all families and how the intersections of race, gender and class affect our lives.” This collaboration will catapult audiences inside the minds and hearts of each member of this Black family addressing loss and suburban life with love, heart, and soul.
TICKETS HERE:
https://www.centralsquaretheater.org/buy-tickets-to-next-to-normal/
directed by Pascale Florestal
a Co-Production with Central Square Theater
May 30, 2024 - June 23, 2024
at Central Square Theater
Heading back to Cambridge for the final production of the season, The Porch teams up with their first homies at Central Square Theater to produce the Tony Award, and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Next to Normal. Dad's an architect. Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal. Their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens. A typical American family. Except Mom’s been battling bipolar disorder for 16 years. Director Pascale Florestal, “We’ll bring you this story through a new lens examining a Black upper middle class family. Reminding us that these experiences happen to all families and how the intersections of race, gender and class affect our lives.” This collaboration will catapult audiences inside the minds and hearts of each member of this Black family addressing loss and suburban life with love, heart, and soul.
TICKETS HERE:
https://www.centralsquaretheater.org/buy-tickets-to-next-to-normal/
fat ham
Fat Ham, by James Ijames
directed by Stevie Walker-Webb
in association with Huntington Theatre and Alliance Theatre
September 22, 2023 – October 22, 2023
at Calderwood Pavilion / Wimberly Theatre
Winner! 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
In this deliciously funny, Pulitzer Prize-winning new play, sweet and sensitive Juicy wants to make his own way as a queer Black man growing up in a Southern family, until his father’s ghost turns up at a backyard barbecue and insists that Juicy avenge his murder. A smart and sharp reinvention of Shakespeare’s masterpiece takes Broadway by storm this spring before coming to The Huntington this fall. “I am very excited for Fat Ham to meet the audiences in Boston. The play has a powerful message of transformation, radical acceptance, and joy! This show is for anyone looking for a space of liberation and beauty” says playwright James Ijames. Click here for ticket information
directed by Stevie Walker-Webb
in association with Huntington Theatre and Alliance Theatre
September 22, 2023 – October 22, 2023
at Calderwood Pavilion / Wimberly Theatre
Winner! 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
In this deliciously funny, Pulitzer Prize-winning new play, sweet and sensitive Juicy wants to make his own way as a queer Black man growing up in a Southern family, until his father’s ghost turns up at a backyard barbecue and insists that Juicy avenge his murder. A smart and sharp reinvention of Shakespeare’s masterpiece takes Broadway by storm this spring before coming to The Huntington this fall. “I am very excited for Fat Ham to meet the audiences in Boston. The play has a powerful message of transformation, radical acceptance, and joy! This show is for anyone looking for a space of liberation and beauty” says playwright James Ijames. Click here for ticket information
EXCEPTION TO THE RULE
Exception To The Rule, By Dave Harris
directed by Donovan Holt
in Partnership with Northeastern University and Suffolk University
March 7, 2024 - March 17 2024
at the Modern Theatre
The Porch heads back to the Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, the scene for this past season’s Chicken and Biscuits by Douglas Lyons, with Exception To The Rule, by Dave Harris. Stuck in detention in the worst high school in the city, six Black students try to make it through, fighting, flirting, and teasing. "Exception to the Rule is funny, and hard! The characters are real. How does our society treat the kids that are considered "low achieving?" What does it mean to be a token black kid in a sea of other black kids?" says director Donovan Holt. Exception to the Rule partners The Porch once again with Suffolk University and with Northeastern University for the first time.
TICKETS HERE:
https://ci.ovationtix.com/34432/production/1187430
directed by Donovan Holt
in Partnership with Northeastern University and Suffolk University
March 7, 2024 - March 17 2024
at the Modern Theatre
The Porch heads back to the Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, the scene for this past season’s Chicken and Biscuits by Douglas Lyons, with Exception To The Rule, by Dave Harris. Stuck in detention in the worst high school in the city, six Black students try to make it through, fighting, flirting, and teasing. "Exception to the Rule is funny, and hard! The characters are real. How does our society treat the kids that are considered "low achieving?" What does it mean to be a token black kid in a sea of other black kids?" says director Donovan Holt. Exception to the Rule partners The Porch once again with Suffolk University and with Northeastern University for the first time.
TICKETS HERE:
https://ci.ovationtix.com/34432/production/1187430
2023-2024 FAMILY RECIPES READING SERIES
Holiday Feast
Celebrate the Holidays with The Porch!
We invite you to our final reading in the Family Recipes Reading Series: "Holiday Feast!". Come enjoy readings of 3 episodes from Black sitcoms featuring 227, Girlfriends, and Living Single!
Join us on December 9 at 8 pm at The Modern Theatre for an evening of laughter, drauma, and Holiday spirit!
Get your tickets here.
Celebrate the Holidays with The Porch!
We invite you to our final reading in the Family Recipes Reading Series: "Holiday Feast!". Come enjoy readings of 3 episodes from Black sitcoms featuring 227, Girlfriends, and Living Single!
Join us on December 9 at 8 pm at The Modern Theatre for an evening of laughter, drauma, and Holiday spirit!
Get your tickets here.
Stew
by Lisa B. Thompson
Directed by Tonasia Jones
Welcome to the first meeting between the parents of Jennifer, and her fiancé Ken. As Jennifer struggles to prepare an elaborate meal to impress her future in-laws, and educate her parents, she finds herself at the center of a battle between the Black middle class and the Nigerian upper class. Discover what’s on the cultural and political menu when the African diaspora gathers to dine.
FREE Reading! On November 4th, 2023 at 2pm in Deane Hall at the Calderwood Pavilion (527 Tremont St)
Sign Up Link: https://forms.gle/hz2B3umfbrYErf4a6
by Lisa B. Thompson
Directed by Tonasia Jones
Welcome to the first meeting between the parents of Jennifer, and her fiancé Ken. As Jennifer struggles to prepare an elaborate meal to impress her future in-laws, and educate her parents, she finds herself at the center of a battle between the Black middle class and the Nigerian upper class. Discover what’s on the cultural and political menu when the African diaspora gathers to dine.
FREE Reading! On November 4th, 2023 at 2pm in Deane Hall at the Calderwood Pavilion (527 Tremont St)
Sign Up Link: https://forms.gle/hz2B3umfbrYErf4a6
Dear Helena
by Rachel Lynett
directed by Des Bennett
September 30 at 5 pm at the Calderwood Pavilion
In a loose adaptation of All's Well That Ends Well, Helena comes home to a divorce party but soon her friends learn her marriage was a lot more complicated than they originally thought. Over the course of an evening, all of the women examine their relationships and ask themselves why they've accepted the sort of sh*t that's been handed to them.
Ticket link https://forms.gle/pGwH8T3oTS15ciSr9
by Rachel Lynett
directed by Des Bennett
September 30 at 5 pm at the Calderwood Pavilion
In a loose adaptation of All's Well That Ends Well, Helena comes home to a divorce party but soon her friends learn her marriage was a lot more complicated than they originally thought. Over the course of an evening, all of the women examine their relationships and ask themselves why they've accepted the sort of sh*t that's been handed to them.
Ticket link https://forms.gle/pGwH8T3oTS15ciSr9