The 2019-2020 season will feature a new musical about the gay community of 1955 Boise. SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 BY AMERICAN THEATRE EDITORS BOISE, IDAHO: Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT) has announced its 2019-20 season, featuring two world premiere…
Juan Alfonso is late to the writing game. After 20 years as a media executive, he wrote his first play, An Educated Guess, based on his own experience as an immigrant to the United States. The…
JUNE 28, 2019 BY AMERICAN THEATRE EDITORS EXCERPT: “BOISE, IDAHO: Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT) has announced that Benjamin Burdick will be the company’s producing artistic director. Burdick, who served as managing director for the 2018-19 season, will…
Jim L., Boise, Idaho “We have been season-ticket holders for years, so we obviously enjoy the BCT a lot. The plays are carefully chosen, and lead to professional, interesting performances. They’ve been selling out lately,…
By: Teya Vitu “For the second time, the American Theatre Wing has awarded a $10,000 National Theatre Company Grant to Boise Contemporary Theater, the area’s year-round professional regional theater company. The American Theatre Wing is the…
“We proudly announce the recipients of its 2018 National Theatre Company Grants. This year’s four Initial Support recipients are: Cardinal Stage (Bloomington, IN), Flint Repertory Theatre (Flint, MI), Local Theater Company (Boulder, CO), and The Wilbury Theatre Group (Providence, RI). The Second-Time Support grant recipients…
With 200 seats and 2,000 subscribers, the company has built an audience that expects the unexpected. AUGUST 14, 2018 EXCERPTS: “BOISE, IDAHO: “We tell stories here,” is the motto of Boise Contemporary Theater, a small, 21-year-old…
Photo: Joe Jaszewski for The Washington Post Why you should visit Boise By John Briley December 13, 2017 EXCERPTS: “Yes, potatoes lurk beneath the surface of everything, but Idaho’s capital city is so much more,…
By Morgan Greene Chicago Tribune May 17, 2017 at 4:06 pm EXCERPT: “The Teatro Vista premiere at Chicago’s Storefront Theater closed shortly before Trump would become the presumptive presidential nominee. The off-Broadway production at Ensemble Studio Theatre…
Celebrating 20 years of arts in Idaho. Jenny Willden Mar 1, 2017 The arts are thriving in BoDo — Boise, Idaho’s, trendy cultural district — thanks in part to the Boise Contemporary Theater, located in a…