Our 2025-26 Season


The Ceremony

by Mfoniso Udofia

Directed by Lyndsay Allyn Cox

September 11 – October 5, 2025 at The Booth Theatre

Produced by CHUANG Stage in association with Boston University School of Theatre and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre.

Mfoniso Udofia continues her Ufot Family Cycle with a vibrant, heartwarming celebration of love intertwining Nigerian and Nepali cultures. When Abasiama and Disciple’s only son, Ekong asks Lumanthi Rathi to be his wife, they accept that their dream wedding might have to go on without either of their fathers present. But when Lumanti’s dad has a sudden change of heart, Ekong dares to attempt a reconciliation with his long-estranged father in order to make the ritual of their wedding ceremony truly whole. CHUANG Stage, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, and Boston University Center for the College of Fine Arts join forces to produce this world premiere, commissioned and developed by The Huntington. 

For full details about The Ceremony, and all the plays in the Ufot Family Cycle, visit The Huntington website.


mother mary

by kj moran velz

Directed by Elaine Vaan Hogue

October 926, 2025 on the Snodgrass Stage

  • Boston, 1968. Taxi driver Jo Cruz knows the streets of Southie like the back of her hand, but no road map can prepare her for meeting Mary O’Sullivan, a Catholic school teacher with a boyfriend and a very strict mother. Despite rising tensions between their Puerto Rican and Irish communities, Jo and Mary find themselves in an unexpectedly close friendship…or is it something more? But their growing connection takes a turn when Mary asks Jo to take her on a risky road trip from which there’s no going back. A new romcom about choice, faith, and how to find your way home.

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  • Playwright:  KJ Moran Velz
    Director:  Elaine Vaan Hogue
    Stage Manager:  Jess Brennan*
    Costume Designer:  Nora Kempner
    Sound Designer:  Mackenzie Adamic
    Properties Designer:  Courtney Licata
    Production Assistant:  Ria Slater

    *Appearing through an Agreement between Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

  • Single tickets: Adults—$40

    BU Faculty/Staff, Veterans, and Seniors (62+)—$25

    Students with valid ID—$10

    Boston University Student rush—$0 (Box Office, day-of-performance only)

    Pay-What-You-Want Previews: Thursday, October 9 (7 p.m.); Friday, October 10 (8 p.m.)

  • Pay-What-You-Want Previews—Thursday, October 9 (7 p.m.) and Friday, October 10 (8 p.m.)

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Jack Welch Developmental Residency

December 2025

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ZABEL IN EXILE

BY R.N. Sandberg

Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Production sponsors: Judith Saryan and Victor Zarougian

February 19March 8, 2026 on the Snodgrass Stage

  • Yerevan, 1937. Armenian writer and activist Zabel Yessayan sits in a Soviet prison cell, awaiting execution. But what exactly is her crime? Writing novels? Knowing how to speak French? Being a woman? As Zabel confronts her captors, past and present blur, and she reckons with the injustices she has witnessed and confronted—from schoolyard bullying to the horrors of genocide. Zabel in Exile is a searing memory play that honors the strength of a woman unafraid to stand up to tyranny and wrestles with whether it is possible to continue to believe in light during times of endless darkness.

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  • Playwright:  R.N. Sandberg
    Director:  Megan Sandberg-Zakian
    Stage Manager:  Jenna Worden*

    *Appearing through an Agreement between Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

  • Single tickets: Adults—$40

    BU Faculty/Staff, Veterans, and Seniors (62+)—$25

    Students with valid ID—$10

    Boston University Student rush—$0 (Box Office, day-of-performance only).

    Pay-What-You-Want Previews: Thursday, February 19 (7 p.m.) and Friday, February 20 (8 p.m.)

  • Pay-What-You-Want Previews—Thursday, February 19 (7 p.m.) and Friday, February 20 (8 p.m.)

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