MassArt Play Festival to Provide Free Entertainment in Boston

Massachusetts College of Art and Design is proudly presenting “The Word’s the Thing,” the school’s third annual Festival of New Plays event, at the end of April.

The festival, which is sponsored by the MassArt Liberal Arts Department, will present five plays developed by the college’s Playwriting Workshop and two student plays chosen by Workshop judges. The plays range in length from five minutes to twenty-five minutes and include comedy, tragedy, psychodrama performance pieces, and more.

The first of the three performances will be on Friday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m., followed by a show on Saturday at the same time. There will also be a matinee on Sunday, April 26 at 2 p.m.

All performances, which are free and open to the public, will be staged at MassArt’s Tower Auditorium on 621 Huntington Ave. in Boston.

Check out the list of names involved below:

Plays and Playwrights

• “Kudzu” by Daniel John
• “The Caregiver” by Susan Leonard
• “A Hole” by Emily Fitzgerald
• “Sometimes, in the Night” by Debra San
• “A Tailor’s Story” by Greg Papazian
• “Dead” by Lin Haire-Sargeant
• “Questions & Answers” by Debra San

Actors and Directors (in alphabetical order)

• Liz Adams
• Hatem Adell
• Mike Avagianos
• Steve Auger
• Rachel Barnas
• Howard Bernstein
• Juliet Bowler
• Caroline Conley
• Joanna Corea
• Steve Fulchino
• Melissa Fernandez
• Jared Hardy
• Jessie Kay Hansen
• Aeainsley Hunter
• Elizabeth Hunter
• Daniel John
• Rachel Kurnos
• Duy Le
• Alexandra Peri
• Rebecca Saunders
• Danielle Szymaszek
• Czarina Shartle
• Joye Thaller
• Dayenne Walters
• Evelyn Wyn