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Our Mission

Moonbox Productions produces exceptional theatrical experiences that enlighten, empower, and challenge Greater Boston audiences to re-imagine how art creates community. We create inclusive programming that makes all audiences, staff, and community partners feel welcome and celebrated. #CreateCommunity

Core Values

Community

We believe it is our shared responsibility to make positive change in all of the lives that we touch.

Our Outreach Programs

Diversity

We believe in creating spaces that reflect the diversity of our shared community, both on and off the stage, where under-represented voices, including BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, and people living with disabilities feel valued and important.

Accessibility

We believe that accessibility is a human right. We are devoted to providing performances that can be experienced and enjoyed universally, and to incorporating accessibility planning into our production, design, staffing, and budgeting processes from day one.

Moonbox commits to

Provide a safe, collaborative and respectful workplace
Implement anti-racist theatre practices
Promote individuals and organizations that work on behalf of our community through our Non-Profit Partnerships
Support emerging artists and theatre professionals through our Mentorship Program
Provide ASL interpretation and audio description for all productions, and regularly offer open and closed captioning.
- We are actively expanding our programming to include tactile integration tours and sensory-friendly performances
Seek new and innovative ways to engage and give back to our community
Engage with the broader community of people living with disabilities and other under-represented groups to enrich our networks and make our productions enjoyable for all. We recognize that guidance by and consultation from members and experts of these communities is invaluable in acquiescing knowledge.

Terry Byrne - The Boston Globe

“The fledgling company consistently defies expectations, mining nuggets from familiar shows, pushing beyond the limits of fringe theater budgets, and raising the bar for the actors they employ.”

Natalie Hardy - Cambridge Chronicle

“Harvard Square’s Moonbox Productions is able to feature talented artists who focus their free time on a company purely out of a love for theater.”

Alex Stevens - The Patriot Ledger

When Cambridge resident Sharman Altshuler launched Moonbox Productions, she wasn’t motivated by market analysis. She was inspired by something much more joyous.

Nancy Grossman – Broadway World

There are a number of Moonbox musicals that stand out in my memory, among them Floyd Collins and Cabaret.

Christopher Ehlers – Dig Boston

Moonbox Productions continues its impressive run of presenting complicated, adult musicals with more polish, professionalism, and nuance than most other companies in the Boston area, even those with more cash and more clout.

Terry Byrne - The Boston Globe

“Since its 2011 debut with the ’70s musical “Godspell,” Moonbox Productions has forged a unique identity on the Boston theater scene with an intriguing mix of musicals and plays — from “Lucky Stiff” to “Cabaret.”

Kilian Melloy – Edge Boston

Moonbox Productions — a small theater company that specializes in putting on, and pulling off, ambitious projects.

Upcoming Events

When Santa Fell to Earth

May 7 – May 10

The world used to be different. Long ago, a band of roving Santas brought joy every winter, but ever since evil Santa Gerold Goblynch hijacked the skies, the holidays have changed. Goblynch is determined to crush the meaning out of Christmas and create his own money-making empire, and Niklas Goodfellow, a rogue Santa on the...

Crime Fiction

May 7 – May 10

In Crime Fiction, both the audience and crime reporter Maddie are challenged to figure out what is real, what is manipulation and what is a half truth as Maddie’s mystery writing group bands together to find out who is stalking their most famous member. Maddie may get it wrong along the way— more than...

Good

May 7 – May 10

When Zeus goes to jail, his absence is both relief and rupture. Jenmari hustles to survive the dysfunction he left behind, Cassie dreams of a better life outside the hood, and Phro hides a relationship Zeus would have destroyed. GOOD asks: what happens when gods fall and become human? When the tyrant is gone, can...