Written By: Kathleen Tolan
Directed by: Sheila Siragusa

It’s New Year’s Eve in a New York apartment. Maggie hovers as her teenage daughter Katia tries to finish her college application—due by midnight. Katia picks tonight—of all times—to challenge Maggie on the ethics of her adoption from Russia, while Maggie picks tonight to learn to bake a pie. Honest, sharp-witted, sharp-tongued, and ultimately deeply loving.

“A captivating emotional ballet that is also a moving demonstration of the strenuous work that goes into good mothering.” New York Times

Performances are July 29 – August 9, 2015
Wednesday July 29 is a preview performance
Wednesday-Saturday at 8 pm. Thursday and Sunday at 2 pm.

Post-performance TalkBacks follow our Thursday 2pm and Saturday 8pm shows.
Post-performance Panel Forum follows our Sunday, August 2- 2pm show.

Memory House is sponsored by Fred and Jessica Olefson
Sheila Siragusa (Director) is sponsored by Dorothy Benzian
Production Design is sponsored by Wilmot Hastings and Gwenn Earl Evitts

Written By: Phil Porter
Directed by: Daniel Elihu Kramer

NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE

This is the tale of Jonah and Sophie. And a fox called Scruffilitis. And an old green coat. It’s a love story. A quirky love story, but a love story all the same. A charming, delicate, and darkly funny play about virtual reality, fear of intimacy, and love in the digital age. Featuring Joel Ripka (Nibroc Trilogy, Wittenberg, The Swan).

 “Blink is everything you want in a relationship play: funny, painful, affecting.” New York Times

Performances are August 13 – 23, 2015.
Wednesday-Saturday at 8 pm. Thursday and Sunday at 2 pm.

Post-performance TalkBacks follow our Thursday 2pm and Saturday 8pm shows.
Post-performance Panel Forum follows our Sunday, August 16- 2pm show.

Blink is  sponsored by Carl and Rhonda Steeg
Daniel Elihu Kramer (Director) is sponsored by Barbara and Douglas Brand
The Production Design sponsor is Jan Winkler and Hermine Drezner

Written by J.T. Rogers
Directed by James Warwick

A young man has disappeared. His sister, his mother and a family friend come at separate times to the same hotel room in Rome seeking answers. Why did he leave? What responsibility do they bear for his vanishing? As their stories weave back and forth in time, whose tale can we believe? A haunting mystery, from a remarkable voice in American theatre. Featuring Debra Jo Rupp (Body of Water) and Kim Stauffer (Crime and Punishment).

“MADAGASCAR lures you into its tale with captivating power…wondrous, elegiac, unforgettable drama.”
     – Miami Herald

Performances are June 25 – July 6, 2014.
Wednesday-Saturday at 8 pm. Thursday and Sunday at 2 pm.
*No performance on July 4*

Post-performance TalkBacks follow our Thursday 2pm and Saturday 8pm shows.
Post-performance Panel Forum follows our Sunday, June 29 2pm show.

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Kim Stauffer (Actor) is sponsored by Cipora Brown and Steven Feiner
Production Design is sponsored by Karen and Charles Schader
Costume Design is sponsored by Dr. Richard and Shelley Holzman
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Written by Sharr White
Directed by Robert Egan

“A comic and gripping duet.”
     -San Francisco Chronicle

Performances are July 10-20, 2014.
Wednesday-Saturday at 8 pm. Thursday and Sunday at 2 pm.

Post-performance TalkBacks follow our Thursday 2pm and Saturday 8pm shows.
Post-performance Panel Forum follows our Sunday, July 13 2pm show.

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Production Design is sponsored by Dr. Richard and Shelley Holzman
Costume Design is sponsored by

Media sponsored by

Written by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Byam Stevens

Written by Jessica Dickey
Directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer

by Leslie Ayvazian
Directed by James Warwick

In honor of our 25th Anniversary, we are bringing back a wildly successful one-woman show for a special limited engagement!

Comic misadventures pile up as Leslie, perched on a high dive platform, flashes back to the succession of farcical disasters that culminates in her present predicament. A one woman show with a very large cast. The other actors? The audience, who are invited to read lines from the script, and thereby experience the point of the play – the willingness to take risks and dive in. Featuring Jennifer Rohn (Body Awareness, Boston Marriage, Home Fires Burning, A Moon for the Misbegotten, John Brown’s Body)

“An engaging and hilarious show from beginning to end.” NY Daily News

Performances are July 22 – 24, 2014.

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HIGH DIVE’s July 23 performance will be followed by a special champagne reception, in celebration of our 25^th anniversary. All are welcome! For tickets to the July 22 or 23 performance, click here or call 1-800-595-TIX.

HIGH DIVE’s July 24 performance is our donor appreciation night and includes a special post-performance reception. To purchase tickets you must be a Friend of CTC. To become a Friend of CTC, click here for more information. For tickets to the July 24 performance, call the CTC Box Office at 413-354-7771.

WORLD PREMIERE!

written by Steven Sater with Music by Duncan Sheik

A new play with music by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, the Tony Award-winning creators of Spring Awakening. Ulysses, a factory worker in self-imposed exile, meets Smith, a young singer on the make. As Smith spins out dreams of his future, he also draws out Ulysses’ past — memories of his lost love Josephina, a passionate nightclub singer. When Josephina appears, both men must face truths about the present. A deeply moving and funny play about an unlikely friendship.

Performances are June 26-July 7.

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Arms On Fire is sponsored by Judy and Marty Bloomfield, Kathleen Lovell.
Production design is sponsored by Gail and Michael Perlman.
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Written by Karoline Leach

Downton Abbey meets Hitchcock, in this riveting psychological thriller set in Edwardian London. A handsome con-man — going by the name George Love — courts women, marries them, then takes their life savings and disappears. His latest target is lonely Adelaide Pinchin, but Adelaide has a peculiar effect on George, and almost nothing seems to go as he plans. Romance and suspense combine to create a tantalizing drama. Featuring Allison McLemore (The Turn of the Screw, The Nibroc Trilogy) and Justin Campbell (The Turn of the Screw).

“A compelling mix of style and substance that cloaks the play in an irresistible spell of emotional nuance and menace.”
     -CurtainUp

Performances are July 11-21.
Wednesday-Saturday at 8 pm. Thursday and Sunday at 2 pm.

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Production design is sponsored by Shelley and Richard Holzman.
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Written by Annie Baker

Phyllis has organized “Body Awareness Week” at the local college where she teaches. She and her partner Joyce, a high school teacher, are hosting Frank, a guest artist whose nude photos are being shown as part of the event. When Joyce’s grown son Jared — who swears he doesn’t have Asperger’s Syndrome — turns to Frank for advice, and Joyce considers posing for Frank, tensions rise in this smart and generous comedy from Obie Award winner (and Amherst native) Annie Baker.

“An engaging new comedy by a young playwright with a probing, understated voice…Its quiet rewards steal up on you.”
     -The New York Times

Performances are July 31-August 11.
Wednesday-Saturday at 8 pm. Thursday and Sunday at 2 pm. 

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