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Jez Butterworth’s The Hills of California, directed by Loretta Greco, is a sweeping family drama that kicks off The Huntington’s season with ambition to match its nearly three-hour runtime. The story centers on the Webb sisters, toggling between their youth in the 1950s and their reunion decades later at the Seaview Guest House. It’s a
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Primary Trust by Eboni Booth opens SpeakEasy Stage’s 35th season under the direction of Dawn M. Simmons. The play introduces us to Kenneth, a man whose quiet routines and familiar small-town life suddenly shift when he faces a change that pushes him to step outside of his comfort zone. What unfolds is a story about
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Featherbaby is a co-world premiere from playwright David Templeton, staged as part of Greater Boston Stage Company’s Don Fulton New Works Project. As director Weylin Symes notes in the program, the play uses a “bawdy egotistical trash-talking parrot to explore human relationships in an incredibly funny and surprisingly touching way.” That parrot is Featherbaby, the