Contemporary Theater Capstone Festival

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Boston Conservatory at Berklee presents a festival of original works conceived, written, and produced by students of its contemporary theater BFA program.

Theresa Lang, Contemporary Theater Capstone Festival Faculty Advisor

Upcoming Events

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Contemporary Theater Capstone: Swann Song: A Celebration by Sage Futterman
T003
31 Hemenway St
Boston
MA
02115
United States
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This immersive experience will guide audiences through a contemporary retelling of The Ugly Duckling. Through movement, music, and a twist on a classic tale, audiences will witness and partake in a journey celebrating found family, love, openness, and joy.

Admission
FREE
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Contemporary Theater Capstone: Cask by Tiffany Paige Adams
The Zack Box Theater
8 Fenway
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Gothic horror meets queer desire in a dark celebration of literature, romance, and the human condition.

Admission
FREE—Ticket Required
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Contemporary Theater Capstone: Treasure Me by Sam Webel
Studio T401 (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
31 Hemenway Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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In the year 2075, three disparate songwriters live out their dream, providing the musical backdrop to Pacific Dynamo, a utopian community fusing sustainable technology with the natural world.

Admission
FREE
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Contemporary Theater Capstone: Anthropocide Concept by Andrew Stout
Studio T401 (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
31 Hemenway Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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After a set of collegiate twins lose their mother to suicide, they (along with two of their friends) leave their school to go to “The Professors’” old home they all call the library. 

Admission
FREE
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Contemporary Theater Capstone: Princess Play by Elizabeth Finlayson
The Zack Box Theater
8 Fenway
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Princess Play is a dazzling romp in queer love, feminine friendship, and the line between kid and adult that will make your inner child sparkle.

Admission
FREE—Ticket Required
Left side: structure with light beaming in grey room. Right side: Pink image with a crown, sword, stuffed animals, a butterfly, a polaroid of the lesbian flag, flowers, a white chess piece, and a heart shaped locket—all pink, white, and orange.
Contemporary Theater Capstone: Princess Play by Elizabeth Finlayson
The Zack Box Theater
8 Fenway
Boston
MA
02215
United States
(View Map)

Princess Play is a dazzling romp in queer love, feminine friendship, and the line between kid and adult that will make your inner child sparkle.

Admission
FREE—Ticket Required
Left side: structure with light beaming in grey room. Right side: Green-hued image of a performer on stage with a microphone in his mouth and a crown drawn above his head.
Contemporary Theater Capstone: Treasure Me by Sam Webel
Studio T401 (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
31 Hemenway Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States
(View Map)

In the year 2075, three disparate songwriters live out their dream, providing the musical backdrop to Pacific Dynamo, a utopian community fusing sustainable technology with the natural world.

Admission
FREE
Left side: structure with light beaming in grey room. Right side: Image of four students heads laying next to one another with a stoic expression.
Contemporary Theater Capstone: Anthropocide Concept by Andrew Stout
Studio T401 (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
31 Hemenway Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States
(View Map)

After a set of collegiate twins lose their mother to suicide, they (along with two of their friends) leave their school to go to “The Professors’” old home they all call the library. 

Admission
FREE
Left side: structure with light beaming in grey room. Right side:a bright pink lit background with the silhouette of a woman in front.
Contemporary Theater Capstone: Swann Song: A Celebration by Sage Futterman
T003
31 Hemenway St
Boston
MA
02115
United States
(View Map)

This immersive experience will guide audiences through a contemporary retelling of The Ugly Duckling. Through movement, music, and a twist on a classic tale, audiences will witness and partake in a journey celebrating found family, love, openness, and joy.

Admission
FREE
Left side: structure with light beaming in grey room. Right side: Pink image with a crown, sword, stuffed animals, a butterfly, a polaroid of the lesbian flag, flowers, a white chess piece, and a heart shaped locket—all pink, white, and orange.
Contemporary Theater Capstone: Princess Play by Elizabeth Finlayson
The Zack Box Theater
8 Fenway
Boston
MA
02215
United States
(View Map)

Princess Play is a dazzling romp in queer love, feminine friendship, and the line between kid and adult that will make your inner child sparkle.

Admission
FREE—Ticket Required

Past Events

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Contemporary Theater Capstone Festival: Forever, Kid
Studio T401 (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
31 Hemenway Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Forever, Kid is a one-act play exploring the essence of childhood from a bittersweet and retrospective lens.

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Contemporary Theater Capstone Festival: Bear’s Den
The Zack Box Theater
8 Fenway
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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A tale told by a handful of actors, some blocks, and some furniture, Bear’s Den is a glimpse into a shattered family trying to piece itself back together.

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Contemporary Theater Capstone Festival: A Cowboy in the Living Room and Cottonmouth
The Zack Box Theater
8 Fenway
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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A Cowboy in the Living Room is a dark comedy about encountering one’s own misogyny, assumptions, and self-loathing. Cottonmouth is a horror play about the serpentine history between two women.

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Contemporary Theater Capstone Festival: Can You Picture Her?
The Zack Box Theater
8 Fenway
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Can You Picture Her?  is a 30-minute true crime play based on the 1989 missing persons case of Aundria Bowman.

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Contemporary Theater Capstone Festival: Cupids’ Aro
Studio T401 (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
31 Hemenway Street
Boston
MA
02215
United States
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Cupids’ Aro is a reframing of a classic Greek myth and an interrogation into compulsive heteronormativity, asking if one can still have a valid existence without a sole romantic pursuit?