The Plaza Black Box Theatre Friday, June 24th – 8pm Saturday, June 25th – 8pm Sunday, June 26th – 3pm

‘for the fish’ sets out to explore the experience of growing up alienated and queer in the countryside. How can we find (and keep) safety as queer people? What even is ‘safety’? Do fish have feelings? Somewhere deep in rural Massachusetts in the 70s, 13-year-old Susanna goes fishing with her Uncle whenever she gets bored. Or overwhelmed. Or terrified. Susanna’s big heart and quick temper keep her precariously perched between normalcy and disaster. Her Uncle, grappling with their addiction and Susanna’s math homework, finds themselves caught up in this wave of teenage turmoil. As 1974 comes to a close, Susanna and her Uncle draw closer, bonded by an understanding very few in their town will ever hold.

Directed by Shira Gitlin

Roberts Studio Theatre Friday, June 24 th – 8pm Saturday, June 25 th – 8pm Sunday, June 26 th – 3pm

Sister School is a musical that explores the world of an all-girls high school whose time may just be up and the girls who will sing their way into the hearts of all who have ever asked the question, “is this the place for me?” “I hate this school!” echoes through the halls of the Victoria School for Girls, one of the oldest single-gender institutions in America. Can a new student, a returning alum, and the head of school change the narrative to show us that single-gender schools are relevant? And will they be open to recognizing other genders?

Directed by Maura Tighe

Deane Hall Friday, June 24 th – 7pm Saturday, June 25 th – 5pm Sunday, June 26 th – 7pm

Silt is a play about an impossible conversation about unconscious racial violence and how it changes relationships. In an imagined world without accountability, both author and audience confront reality together. Will they – and will the characters – choose acknowledgement or ignorance? Silt offers a challenging and cathartic experience of racial conflict that is at once poetic and disturbing.

Directed by Gabby Simone Preston

Roberts Studio Theatre Thursday, June 23 rd – 7:30pm Saturday, June 25 th – 4pm Sunday, June 26 th – 7pm

Two weeks after a school shooting, nine teenagers return to class.  In a theatrical style reminiscent of Our Town, they try to piece together the fragments of their last ordinary day together.  With a contemporary sound inspired by musicals like Dear Evan Hansen and Spring Awakening, Late explores the students’ interconnected stories as they wrestle with identity, social pressure, love, grief, and memory.

Directed by Bridget Kathleen O’Leary

The Plaza Theatre Friday, June 24 th – 8pm Saturday, June 25 th – 4pm Sunday, June 26 th – 5:30pm

Queens is a play about four queer black men living in New York City. Through storytelling that combines poetry, rhythm, and song, we follow Sky, Bobbi, Alex, and Adrienne as they discover all the juiciness adulthood has to offer from careers to friendship, love, and sex. Amid it all, they fight for their masculinity, confronting societal pressures without apology.

Directed by Kai Clifton

Deane Hall Thursday, June 23 rd – 7:30pm Saturday, June 25 th – 6:30pm Sunday, June 26 th – 4:30 pm

Rocky Relationships is a movement play about relationships. As tides shift and waves crash, they push and shove the rocks on the beach into new and unexpected places. As we descend to see life through the rocks’ ever-shifting perspective, we gain a new insight into the ways in which we, too, drift in and out of each other’s lives.

Directed by Katie A. Clark