Adventure Improv (Family Friendly)
2024-08-10 15:00 (America/New_York) | The Rockwell
An improvised expedition for all ages – exploring the bizarre, topsy-turvy landscape of imagination!
This event is All Ages
Doors 2:30 PM
Show 3:00 PM

Show will begin no later than 10 minutes of showtime.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Dungeons and To Be Determined (All Ages)
2024-08-17 19:00 | The Rockwell
Come watch the hit one night only TTRPG where YOU decide the rules and choose the adventure for the players! The audience decides what the stats are, what powers players have, who the Big Bad is, and even what dice to roll. Join the Boston-based improvisers of the award-nominated live play “Blittle League” as they maneuver an ever-changing landscape of rules, motivations, and settings to tell an unpredictable story.
You make the rules, we play with the consequences.
This event is All Ages // Valid ID required for alcoholic beverages
Doors 6:30 PM
Show 7:00PM
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO LATE SEATING. Seating begins a minimum 30 minutes before show time. We sit center and front sections first, side sections last. If you want a central seat, please arrive early.
Show will begin no later than 10 minutes of showtime.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building

Magic The Gathering: The Show! (21+)
2024-08-17 21:00 | The Rockwell
Do you like Dungeons and Dragons? Are you a fan of Table Top RPG games?
Want to see one live?
Look no further than Magic The Gathering: The Show!

This event is 21+ // Valid ID required to consume alcohol
Doors at 8:30 PM
Show at 9:00 PM
Seating begins 30 minutes before show time. We sit center and front sections first, side sections last. If you want a central seat, please arrive early.
Show will begin no later than 10 minutes of showtime.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Speed Dating Tonight
2024-08-30 19:00, 2024-08-31 19:00 | The Rockwell
Join us in this comedic theatrical production making a farce of the trials, tribulations, and people in today’s dating scene.
Speed Dating Tonight! is a non-traditional take on Opera. To quote composer/librettist Michael Ching it’s a ““new numbers opera.” Much of traditional opera is based on musical numbers: arias, duets, ensembles, finales. Speed Dating Tonight! is similarly structured but with some twists.”
// Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Doors 6:30 PM
Show 7:00 PM
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO LATE SEATING FOR THEATER & COMEDY SHOWS. Seating begins a minimum 30 minutes before show time. We sit center and front sections first, side sections last. If you want a central seat, please arrive early.
Show will begin no later than 15 minutes after showtime.
NO REFUNDS 24 HOURS BEFORE SHOWTIME
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Adventure Improv (Family Friendly)
2024-09-14 15:00 | The Rockwell
An improvised expedition for all ages – exploring the bizarre, topsy-turvy landscape of imagination!

This event is Family Friendly
Doors 2:30 PM
Show 3:00 PM

Show will begin no later than 10 minutes of showtime.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Deadword Cabaret
2024-09-22 19:00 - 21:00 | The Rockwell
Deadword Theatre Co is proud to present their latest offering at the Rockwell Theater-the Deadword Cabaret! Join us for a free variety show made up entirely of local artists. There will be music, burlesque, comedy and talents beyond description-don’t miss this one-of-a-kind event!

Each act will perform a 5 minute slot, be it comedy, music, dramatics, drag, magic, poetry, theatre, burlesque. The cabaret will run for two hours, with a wide variety of acts shown. Come one, come all to this free, open-mic Cabaret in the heart of Davis Square!

Here is the link to the sign up form!
This event is All Ages // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Doors 6:30 PM
Show 7:00 PM
COMEDY & THEATER: UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO LATE SEATING. Seating begins a minimum 30 minutes before show time. We sit center and front sections first, side sections last. If you want a central seat, please arrive early.
Show will begin no later than 15 minutes after showtime.
NO REFUNDS 48 HOURS BEFORE SHOWTIME
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Adventure Improv (Family Friendly)
2024-10-12 15:00, 2024-11-09 15:00 | The Rockwell
An interactive musical comedy experience for the whole family! Your comedy quest awaits…

This event is Family Friendly
Doors 2:30 PM
Show 3:00 PM

Show will begin no later than 10 minutes of showtime.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

The Cemetery Swingers & A Worm's Wings
2024-10-27 17:00 - 19:15
The Wicked Queer Puppet Theater is a collective of artists, musicians, poets, dancers and community volunteers making musical puppet theater in the South Coast of Massachusetts. Through large scale paper mache puppetry, movement and song we tell stories that challenge societal conditioning and call for action to get in right relationship with ourselves, each other and the Earth.
On October 27th the WQPT brings a very vibrant, spooky and thrilling 2 act show to The Rockwell Theater.

ACT 1:
The Cemetery Swingers are zombies from another dimension bringing songs of horror and humor to a stage near you! Zombie cousins Kim Graves and Death Bed Ed pair up to combine danceable rhythms with thrilling tales of shapeshifting beasts, animate skeletons, mad scientists, and the misadventures of zombies in love.

ACT 2:
“A Worms Wings” is a 13 song production with a full live band, puppetry and movement set to artist Hooly J Chan’s latest music album. This is a story about a worm who recognizes they are a worm in a world intentionally designed with structures and systems that are not built for the fluidity of a worm. This story is about learning how to free yourself, heal by facing your own darkness, befriend other soft bodied and hearted creatures, return to the Earth, connect with the beyond, spiral over and over again and endlessly dream for a more free and love filled world.

This event is All Ages – Suggested 18+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Doors 4:30 PM
Show 5:00 PM – 7:15 PM with a 10 min intermission
COMEDY & THEATER: UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO LATE SEATING. Seating begins a minimum 30 minutes before show time. We sit center and front sections first, side sections last. If you want a central seat, please arrive early.
Show will begin no later than 15 minutes after showtime.
NO REFUNDS 48 HOURS BEFORE SHOWTIME
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

DREAMGLOW
2024-11-13 19:00 - 20:30 | The Rockwell
Join DREAMGLOW for the next chapter of the SLUMBER PARTY tour, featuring dancer Cassie Wang, and production design by artist/sculptor Yolanda He Yang. Enter an ethereal sonic universe of original compositions, reimagined classics, and exploratory improvisations, including songs from DREAMGLOW’s debut EP mélo-fi. Sit back, relax, and bask in a night of dreamy classical lo-fi.
BIO:
DREAMGLOW
@dreamglowband
https://dreamglowband.bandcamp.com/album/m-lo-fi
DREAMGLOW formed in 2020 as the dreamscape of singer-composers Nathan Halbur and Angela Yam, to explore sounds of classical lo-fi, vocal harmony, and improvisation. Their debut EP mélo-fi reimagines the classical canon, with works by composers including Debussy, Handel, Poulenc, Hahn, Purcell, Fauré, and Stravinsky. In February 2024, an expanded DREAMGLOW lineup performed experimental improvisations accompanying silent films. June 2024 saw the launch of the inaugural Slumber Party tour, combining the reimagined classics of mélo-fi with original compositions and improvisations.
This event is All Ages // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Doors 6:30 PM
Show 7:00 PM
Show will begin no later than 15 minutes after showtime.
NO REFUNDS 24 HOURS BEFORE SHOWTIME
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Drama Queen: The Musical
2024-11-24 17:00 - 18:30 | The Rockwell
DRAMA QUEEN is an original rom-com musical set in 2005 surrounding a celebrity gossip magazine in NYC called, well, “Drama Queen.” Meghan Monroe, a quickly-rising journalist with a disastrous love life, is faced with a moral choice: write a scandalous tell-all article about a Hollywood starlet, Audrey Adams, and get promoted to editor-in-chief, or refuse, and get fired. Can she destroy someone’s life to get ahead, and pick up the pieces of that disastrous love life we mentioned earlier? On her journey, she also comes across a charming British attorney, an international heartthrob, and keeps running into her ex, whose proposal she may have sprinted from. With catchy, bubbly music, a hilarious script, vivid personalities, and plenty of drama, there’s a lot to love within the sparkly world of DQ.
@dramaqueenmusical on Instagram
Written and directed by Charlene Tashnizi, assistant directed by Ashley Guan, choreographed by Karina Gonzalez, assistant music directed by Owen Olson, stage managed by Zoe Fischthal.

CHARLENE TASHNIZI is a musical theater composer originally from Simi Valley, California. She is currently a senior at Berklee College of Music here in Boston, majoring in contemporary writing and production and minoring in musical theater writing. She recently wrote and directed SPIDEY PARODY MUSICAL at Berklee/BoCo. With her catchy, fun music, and laugh-out-loud hilarious scripts, she aims to bring joy, humor, love, and escapism to theatre/music fans everywhere.
This event is All Ages // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Doors 4:15 PM
Show 5:00 PM
Tickets: $15 adv / $20 day of
COMEDY & THEATER: UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO LATE SEATING. Seating begins a minimum 30 minutes before show time. We sit center and front sections first, side sections last. If you want a central seat, please arrive early.
Show will begin no later than 15 minutes after showtime.
NO REFUNDS 48 HOURS BEFORE SHOWTIME
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Winter Playwright Series: Lindsay Carpenter
2024-12-07 12:00 - 14:00 | The Rockwell
Join us for a FREE 2-Day Playwrighting Event!
4 local playwrights will develop a play from Dec 1-6 and showcase it on either Sat Dec 7th or Sun Dec 8th!
Catch all four readings!

Sat 12/7 at 12pm – Lindsay with Pillow Fort
Sat 12/7 at 2:30pm – Sam with The Longing for Impossible Things
Sun 12/8 at 12pm – Maggie with The Plume
Sun 12/8 at 2:30pm – Rachel with Guts

This event is All Ages // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption

Saturday & Sunday Reading #1 & Reading #3
Doors 11:30 AM
Start 12:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday Reading #2 & Reading #4
Doors 2:00 PM
Start 2:30 PM

COMEDY & THEATER: UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO LATE SEATING. Seating begins a minimum 30 minutes before show time. We sit center and front sections first, side sections last. If you want a central seat, please arrive early.
Show will begin no later than 15 minutes after showtime.
FREE EVENT
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Winter Playwright Series: Sam Noble
2024-12-07 14:30 - 16:30 | The Rockwell

Winter Playwright Series: Maggie Kearnan
2024-12-08 12:00 - 14:00 | The Rockwell

Winter Playwright Series: Rachel Greene
2024-12-08 14:30 - 16:30 | The Rockwell

Adventure Improv (Family Friendly)
2024-12-21 15:00 | The Rockwell
An interactive musical comedy experience for the whole family! Your comedy quest awaits…

This event is Family Friendly
Doors 2:30 PM
Show 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Show will begin no later than 10 minutes of showtime.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

School Breakspeare
2025-02-18 09:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-19 09:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-20 09:00 - 15:00, 2025-02-21 09:00 - 15:00 | The Rockwell
FEBRUARY BREAKSPEARE 2025
HAMLET
by William Shakespeare
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21
Our young actors will explore and rehearse an abbreviated Hamlet, traveling to a haunted castle in Denmark as they take on the characters and elements of design. Get ready for a tale of revenge and intrigue, and of course those famous words “To be or not to be …”!
The week will culminate with a performance on Friday.
For kids 8-12 years old

The Violet Sisters, Staged Reading
2025-03-30 14:00 - 15:30 | The Rockwell
The Violet Sisters by Gina Femia
featuring Charlette Augusta, Camilla Bastos, and Kaitlyn Crockett.
A staged reading of Gina Femia’s contemporary play “The Violet Sisters” – a story of navigating familial
bonds, domestic abuse survivorship, and resilience in the wake of tragedy.
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Pam comes home to Brooklyn to attend her father’s funeral. When she
arrives, she is greeted by an angry sister, a dilapidated house, and a past she can’t escape. Despite all of
her best intentions, the conversation quickly turns tense and the two sisters are forced to deal with all
that they have let slip away, all the words that have been left unsaid for years. A two-person play with
Gina’s trademark comedic-dramatic expertise that portrays real life nuances of complicated
relationships, “The Violet Sisters” is a play about forgiving when you cannot bring yourself to forget.
Content Transparency: This play contains conversations around abuse, abusive relationships, grief, the
death of a parent. In addition, there is a moment of self harm described within the stage directions – this
section will be read aloud but not depicted.
“The Violet Sisters” explores abuse and abusive relationships. If you or anyone you know is struggling
with a toxic relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.
Please note: A staged reading has actors with scripts in hand so that the playwright can work on the play until the day of.

Gina Femia (Playwright) (they/them) is an award-winning playwright and performer whose work has
been seen/developed at The Goodman Theater, MCC Theater, Playwrights Horizons, EST, Page 73, New
Georges, The Playwrights Center, CTG, Theater of NOTE, Rivendell Theater, Cape Cod Theater Project,
Bag&Baggage, Mirrorbox Theater, among others. Selected honors include The Kilroys List, Leah Ryan
Prize, Doric Wilson Award, the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award and the Neukom Award in Playwriting,
nominations for Drama League and NYIT. Gina is a former Core Writer with the Playwrights Center, and
an Alum of EST Youngblood, Page73's Interstate 73, Pipeline Theatre’s PlayLab, New Georges' Audrey
Residency, the Ingram New Play Lab at Nashville Rep and Parsnip Ship's Radio Roots Writer's Group.
Gina’s a New Georges Affiliated Artist and has received residencies with Page73, Powerhouse, NTI at the
O’Neill, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and Fresh Ground Pepper. As a teacher, Gina has worked with The
Playwrights Center, Primary Stages ESPA, and TDF in addition to running independent classes that focus
on writing your first novel as well as writing autobiographical stories for the stage. Gina's debut YA
novel, Alondra was named a Best Book for Teens in 2023 and is a Finalist for a Golden Kite award. Learn
more: www.femiagina.com.
Charlette Augusta (Stage Directions) (any pronouns) is an actor, stage manager, producer, and
performance artist. Most recently Charlette has worked on productions with Studio 506 Theater,
Brooklyn Grange, Columbia University, Central Casting, and Erik Orjiako. If you are experiencing
emotional or physical abuse in an intimate relationship, call 1.800.799.7233 or text BEGIN to 88788. To
those contemplating suicide or self harm, call 988 or text HOME to 741741.
Camilla Bastos (Pam) (she/her) is an actor, model, and vlogger based in Boston. Film: Alexis in
Blueberries (Boston University), Rosalba in 1988 (Made in Mass Productions), Moly in Wave (MassArt),
Jamie in When I Go Missing (From Another Planet Productions), Sex Worker in Absolution (Sculptor
Media). Theater: Isabel in Refugee – workshop (Merrimack Rep), Madeline in The Women of Lockerbie
(MCC), Actor 3 in Revolt. She said. Revolt again. (Studio 506 Theater), Elizabeth in The Lowell Offering –
workshop (Merrimack Rep). Webseries: Dee in Love Undone (JG Productions). Commercial: Keurig,
Clynk, Fanatics, Fallon Health, Mowi Salmon, Suburban HVAC. @camillacvbastos
Kaitlyn Crockett (Sam/director) (she/they) is an actor, director, writer, and theatre artist. Acting in
Theatre: The Trojan Women (dir. Nora Gair); Circle Mirror Transformation (Balefire Productions),
Everybody (Studio 506 Theater); Film: Dinner Crawlers (BUTV), The Art Lesson (dir. Rudolf Lingens), Drive
(Fitchburg State University); Webseries: The Lowell Life (Ima9ine). Directing in Theatre: Macbeth, Revolt.
She said. Revolt again. (Studio 506 Theater), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Midsummer Dream Festival).
Playwriting: An Electric Sunrise on the Horizon – one act version (Capital Stage) (Marymount Manhattan
College) (UMich-Flint), Open Mic (Studio 506 Theater), How The Ocean Shimmers (published in The
Lowell Eclipse). @createlyn

This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 16+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Doors 1:30 PM
Show 2:00 PM
Tickets $15 adv / $20 day of
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO LATE SEATING FOR COMEDY & THEATER.
NO REFUNDS
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

DREAMGLOW: Photoplay
2025-04-09 21:00 - 22:30 | The Rockwell
DREAMGLOW: Photoplay
DREAMGLOW returns with an experimental new show that will mesmerize you.
Runtime: 90 minutes

This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 18+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Doors 8:45 PM
Show 9:00 PM
Tickets $15 adv / $20 day of
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO LATE SEATING FOR COMEDY & THEATER.
Seating begins 30-60 minutes before show time. We sit center and front sections first, side sections last. If you want a central seat, please arrive early. Show will begin no later than 15 minutes after showtime. No refunds for late entry.
NO REFUNDS, ONLY EXCHANGES FOR SHOW CREDIT
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

It's Not Faire - Staged Reading
2025-04-13 12:30 - 15:30 | The Rockwell
“It’s Not Faire” is a farcical sex-comedy about a SoundCloud rapper/lovable airhead named Tripp who gets a job as a fry cook at the Renaissance Faire to pay for his last year of college after losing his scholarship due to poor grades and lack of motivation. Guided by the memory of his absent father (represented as the ghost of George Washington in drag), he finds himself acting at the Faire in an abridged/audience-participatory production of Hamlet. Thrown into intense Shakespearean dialogue training (and the broken marriage of the production’s diva director and infidel star,) it’s clear that Tripp has bit off more than he can chew, but with two big off-Broadway producers coming to watch the show, Tripp realizes that even his best may not be enough. Will Tripp find something he can succeed at (aside from seducing women), or will his dreams of making his father proud go unanswered?
This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 18+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Doors 12:00 PM
Show 12:30 PM
Tickets $15 adv / $10 student (with Valid Student ID)
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

School Breakspeare
2025-04-22 09:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-23 09:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-24 09:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-25 09:00 - 15:00 | The Rockwell
APRIL BREAKSPEARE 2025
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
by William Shakespeare
TUESDAY, APRIL 22 – FRIDAY, APRIL 25
Our young actors will explore and rehearse an abbreviated Two Gents, journeying to Shakespeare’s Italy as they take on the characters and elements of design. Best friends, disguises, and even an appearance by Crab the dog – you won’t want to miss it!
The week will culminate with a performance on Friday.
For kids ages 8-12 years old

T: An MBTA Musical
2025-05-23 21:30 | The Rockwell
As featured on WBZTV, WGBH, WBUR, Boston25 News and BosToday!
“T” is the journey of three struggling Bostonians whose lives have been derailed by the MBTA’s shortcomings. When they discover a secret map that will let them conquer the T once and for all, they set forth on a colorful journey that is part love story, part melodrama, part scavenger hunt – but mostly underground.
Since 2011, “T” has delighted audiences with our musical “love letter” to the city of Boston. Join us this Spring as we sing and dance our way around everything we love to hate about the MBTA.
This event is 21+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Doors 9:00 PM
Show 9:30 PM
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO LATE SEATING FOR COMEDY & THEATER.
Seating begins 30-60 minutes before show time. We sit center and front sections first, side sections last. If you want a central seat, please arrive early. Show will begin no later than 15 minutes after showtime. No refunds for late entry.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

T: An MBTA Musical
2025-05-24 14:00 | The Rockwell
As featured on WBZTV, WGBH, WBUR, Boston25 News and BosToday!
“T” is the journey of three struggling Bostonians whose lives have been derailed by the MBTA’s shortcomings. When they discover a secret map that will let them conquer the T once and for all, they set forth on a colorful journey that is part love story, part melodrama, part scavenger hunt – but mostly underground.
Since 2011, “T” has delighted audiences with our musical “love letter” to the city of Boston. Join us this Spring as we sing and dance our way around everything we love to hate about the MBTA.
This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 15+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Doors 1:30 PM
Show 2:00 PM
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO LATE SEATING FOR COMEDY & THEATER.
Seating begins 30-60 minutes before show time. We sit center and front sections first, side sections last. If you want a central seat, please arrive early. Show will begin no later than 15 minutes after showtime. No refunds for late entry.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.
