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  • Clowning, Catastrophe, and Communal Resistance: “The End is Nigh”


    Presented by Liars and Believers
    Directed by Jason Slavick
    Featuring Enrique Babilonia, Jesse Garlick, Ben Heath, Karina Ithier, Glen Moore, Hampton Richards

    March 12-22, 2026
    The Foundry
    101 Rogers Street,
    Cambridge MA

    Review by Maegan Clearwood

    CAMBRIDGE, Mas. — For centuries, the character of The Fool has used laughter to shed light on ugly existential truths. The End is Nigh walks in the clown-sized footsteps of Samuel Beckett and adds a dash of modern-day dystopian gameshow literature (think Squid Games or The Running Man), resulting in a theatrical collage that is brutally honest and surprisingly heartfelt.

    The play, created by the Liars & Believers ensemble (with direction by Jason Slavick), invites audiences to cheer for the filming of “The End is Nigh,” the last television show to survive the apocalypse. Cutthroat host Consuela Hobbs (Hampton Richards) and her musical assistants (Jesse Garlick and Enrique Babilonia) drag three clown contestants onto the set, hoping that all three die gruesome, TV-worthy deaths. (more…)

  • “Let’s Misbehave:” A Gay Old Time

    Lydian Meloccaro (HE/THEY) & Adriana Alvarez (SHE/HER). Photo by Tobias Bond-Richardson.

    Presented by Pansy Rampant Productions
    Play by Lawrence Gullo
    Co-facilitation by Liz Diamond and Jo Michael Rezes
    Costume design by Sherman
    Scenic design by Ellie Gillis
    Lighting design by M Berry
    Hair/makeup design by Em Salzman
    Featuring: Mandy Jo Bemis, Sebastian Crane, Leanna Hieber, Lydian Meloccaro, Justin Peavey, Matti Steriti

    August 23-25, 2024
    The Foundry
    101 Rogers Street
    Cambridge, MA 02142
    Information here

    Review by Maegan Bergeron-Clearwood

    SOMERVILLE, Mass. — The not-so-roaring-2020s are a struggle-full time, particularly for queer folks who just want to exist in peace. Playwright Lawrence Gullo’s labor of love, Let’s Misbehave, transports us back in time almost a full century, not as a form of escapism, nor to prove that one era was crueler or kinder than the other, but to simply remind us that trans people have always existed – not only existed, but thrived. There’s profound hope in that simple sentiment, especially right now.

    Gullo’s play has been simmering for over a decade, evolving from a TV pilot to a Zoom reading to this summer’s Boston stage premiere, and in that time, its characters have clearly had time to grow into their own. Fittingly, the play has something of a sitcom feel, featuring a merry band of friends who more or less just like hanging out together – except that these friends are queer social outcasts living in London in the 1930s. (more…)

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