Announcing our 2017-18 Season!
ASP’s 2017-18 Season: “Downfall of Despots”
“I am a villain. Yet I lie. I am not.” — Richard III
Our 14th season features a collection of plays that, as we always do here at ASP, strives to inspire dialogue, build relationships, strengthen communities, and reveal something about what it means to be human here and now.
- Download Our Season Brochure!
- Letter from our Co-Acting Artistic Directors
- Executive Producer Kimberly Dawson talks about the season
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About the 2017-18 Season:
Exit The King |
September 13 – October 8, 2017 | The Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre, in the Emerson Paramount Center |
By Eugène Ionesco
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A hilarious and poignant comedy about a megalomaniacal ruler, King Berenger, whose incompetence has left his country in near ruin. Despite the efforts of his two queens and the other members of the court to convince the King he has only 90 minutes left to live, he refuses to relinquish any control.
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Julius Caesar |
November 15 – December 17, 2017 | Studio 210 at the Huntington Avenue Theatre |
By William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare’s epic political tragedy, dramatizing the downfall of an arrogant and narcissistic ruler bent on turning the republic into a dictatorship. Set in a futuristic parallel universe where women are in power, the race to claim the empire spirals out of control in this all-female production.
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Richard III |
February 7 – March 11, 2018 | Swedenborg Chapel, Harvard Square |
By William Shakespeare Directed by Robert Walsh*
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The Tragedy of Richard III is the story of a scoundrel’s Machiavellian overthrow of government, filled with deceit, lies, treachery and murder. Richard III is Shakespeare’s most charismatic villain, delighting in every moment of his ruthless homicidal path to absolute power.
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Much Ado About Nothing |
April 11 – May 6, 2018 | Multicultural Arts Center | Cambridge |
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Benedick is never getting married. Not ever. And Beatrice can’t imagine loving a man she can’t tolerate! They might just be the perfect couple. While the villain Don Jon sows seeds of rumor and discord, the success of two noble marriages hinges on the hilarious efforts of local constables. The giddiness of the game of love, tempered by conspiracy, enflames this wittiest and most enchanting of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies. A captivating romp!
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Dates and venues subject to change.
*Member of the Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union