fat hamFat Ham, by James Ijames
directed by Stevie Walker-Webb in association with The Huntington and Alliance Theatre September 22, 2023 – October 22, 2023 at Calderwood Pavilion / Wimberly Theatre Spring 2024 - Alliance Theatre in Atlanta 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. |
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Exception To The Rule
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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. |
a strange loop
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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. |
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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
June 2, 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.
directed by Pascale Florestal
a Co-Production with Central Square Theater
June 2, 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.