Our 2025-26 Season
The Ceremony
by Mfoniso Udofia
Directed by Kevin Free
September 11 – October 5, 2025 at the Joan & Edgar 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 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 9 – 26, 2025 on the Snodgrass Stage
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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.
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Single tickets: Adults—$40
BU Faculty/Staff, Veterans, and Seniors (62+)—$25
Students with valid ID—$15
Student rush—$0 (Box Office, day-of-performance only; this applies to all students with valid ID)
Pay-What-You-Want Previews: Thursday, October 9 (7 p.m.); Friday, October 10 (8 p.m.)
For information about group rates, contact K. Alexa Mavromatis (kamavrom@bu.edu)
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Pay-What-You-Want Previews—Thursday, October 9 (7 p.m.) and Friday, October 10 (8 p.m.)
Opening Reception after the 8 p.m. performance on Saturday, October 11
Post-show Conversation: Meet the Artists after the 7 p.m. performance on Thursday, October 16
Post-show Conversation after the 2 p.m. performance on Saturday, October 25
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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 19 – March 8, 2026 on the Snodgrass Stage
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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.
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Single tickets: Adults—$40
BU Faculty/Staff, Veterans, and Seniors (62+)—$25
Students with valid ID—$15
Student rush—$0 (Box Office, day-of-performance only; this applies to all students with a valid ID).
Pay-What-You-Want Previews: Thursday, February 19 (7 p.m.) and Friday, February 20 (8 p.m.)
For information about group rates, contact K. Alexa Mavromatis (kamavrom@bu.edu)
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Pay-What-You-Want Previews—Thursday, February 19 (7 p.m.) and Friday, February 20 (8 p.m.)
Opening Reception after the 8 p.m. performance on Saturday, February 21
Post-show Conversation: Meet the Artists after the 7 p.m. performance on Thursday, February 26
Post-show Conversation after the 2 p.m. performance on Saturday, March 7
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