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October 18-November 3, 2024

Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe by Eric Coble

Edgar Allan Poe stands alone in the flickering darkness of his mind, trying desperately to convince himself — and us — that he’s not mad. The spell he weaves brings us a highly theatrical adaptation of four tales Poe himself considered his best: “The Raven,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Enter the world of Poe and check your heartbeat at the door.

October 24, 2024

Horoscope by Rajiv Joseph

Come celebrate the exciting partnership between the Boise State Theatre Program and the Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency with a premiere reading of a new play, “Horoscope,” by Rajiv Joseph. The Theatre Arts Program at Boise State University is thrilled to collaborate with Sun Valley Playwright’s Residency to connect our community with Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph and director May Adrales, both extraordinarily talented and nationally recognized theatre artists. This unique cross-community collaboration will unite theatre artists and organizations from Boise, the Wood River Valley, and New York City. Free and open to the public, the reading will be generously hosted by Boise Contemporary Theater.

March 7-16, 2025

They Promised Her the Moon by Laurel Ollstein

The first American woman to test for space flight, Jerrie Cobb, steps into an isolation tank for a record-breaking nine hours. Her memories unfold before her, from learning to fly a plane as a child in Oklahoma to testifying in Congressional hearings about the under-the-radar all-female Mercury 13 space program. A compelling drama about the challenges of sisterhood and fighting for the greater good, “They Promised Her the Moon” is based on a fascinating true story that shines a light on the unknown stories of our space progam.

April 11-27, 2025

The Little Prince by Rick Cummins and John Scoullar from the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince may have returned to his own tiny planet to tend his Rose and look after his Sheep, but for a short enchanted time, he returns to us and comes alive on stage. This play tells the story of a world-weary and disenchanted Aviator whose sputtering plane strands him in the Sahara Desert and a mysterious, regal “little man” who appears and asks him to “Please, sir, draw me a sheep.” During their two weeks together in the desert, the Little Prince tells the Aviator about his adventures through the galaxy, how he met the Lamplighter and the Businessman and the Geographer, and about his strained relationship with a very special flower on his own tiny planet. The Little Prince talks to everyone he meets: a garden of roses, the Snake, and a Fox who wishes to be tamed. From each, he gains a unique insight, which he shares with the Aviator: “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.” “What is essential is invisible to the eye.” At length, both the “little man” and the Aviator must go home—each with a new understanding of how to laugh, cry, and love again.

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