Events North of Boston

Best Enemies By Michael Kimball

Event Series Best Enemies By Michael Kimball
The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA, United States
The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA, United States

The Actors Studio of Newburyport  

The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA

Two cowboys find themselves marooned on a tiny desert island, lone survivors of a sabotaged rodeo cruise ship. Rex is a grim loner haunted by his past. Cody is a rodeo clown with a lust for conversation and a relentless curiosity.

$23 – $25

Full Moon Story Slam – Gratitude

The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA, United States
The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA, United States

The Actors Studio of Newburyport  

The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA

Storytellers and audiences are enjoying The Actors Studio of Newburyport’s (TASN) 16th season of true-life stories told without notes or props on themes ranging from synchronicity to pronouns. TASN’s Full Moon Story Slam is modeled after NPR’s Moth Radio Hour. It is a storytelling competition with a few simple criteria for both the official judges...

$21 – $23

Elf the Musical Jr.

Gloucester Stage 267 East Main St., Gloucester, MA, United States
Gloucester Stage 267 East Main St., Gloucester, MA, United States

Gloucester Stage  

Gloucester Stage 267 East Main St., Gloucester, MA

Gloucester Stage Youth Company is bringing the cotton-candy world of Elf the Musical Jr. to the stage this Holiday Season. When Buddy, a human raised by elves, starts his search for his real father, he is taken to New York City on a journey of family, love, and of course some good, old-fashioned holiday cheer....

$7 – $15

New Works Festival – Shorts

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents this first day of our 2025 New Works Festival featuring the Honnegger Prize winning short, Ellen Talks About the Bird* by Donna Sorbello. The performance will be supported by 7 shorts including: Home Invasion by Candace Perry, Meteor by Tori Stubbs, What Is Due by Deirdre Girard, and...

$15

Aida

Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, United States
Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, United States

Shalin Liu Performance Center  

Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA

Production: Michael Mayer | Set Designer: Christine Jones | Costume Designer: Susan Hilferty | Lighting Designer: Kevin Adams | Projection Designer: 59 Productions | Choreographer: Oleg Glushkov Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor), Angel Blue (Aida), Judit Kutasi (Amneris), Piotr Beczała (Radamès), Quinn Kelsey (Amonasro), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Ramfis), Morris Robinson (King) American soprano Angel Blue headlines as the...

$27

Slide; A Quest for Mental Health

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

Written and performed by (Caren Lyn Manuel) Tackett (of Broadway’s Hair, Rent, High Fidelity, The Times They Are A Changing, & Brooklyn), Slides artfully and open-mindedly explores a subject that is often not a part of the cultural conversation; the misdiagnosis, mistreatment, and misplacement of those diagnosed with mental illness in our society. Slides is...

$25

Velocity Theater – Love Bomb

The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA, United States
The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA, United States

The Actors Studio of Newburyport  

The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA

Writers! Actors! Directors! Mark your calendars and keep an eye on this space as we prepare for the next generation of Random Acts play in a day, co-produced by The Actors Studio of Newburyport and The Playwrights Collaborative. It is called Velocity Theater, and it is planned for the weekend of February 7 - 9,...

Velocity Theater: Love Bomb

Event Series Velocity Theater: Love Bomb
The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA, United States
The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA, United States

The Actors Studio of Newburyport  

The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA

Random Acts play in a day, co-produced by The Actors Studio of Newburyport and The Playwrights Collaborative.

$20

Velocity Theater: Love Bomb

Event Series Velocity Theater: Love Bomb
The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA, United States
The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA, United States

The Actors Studio of Newburyport  

The Actors Studio of Newburyport Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA

Random Acts play in a day, co-produced by The Actors Studio of Newburyport and The Playwrights Collaborative.

$20

Fashioning for Freedom: Layers of Liberty

Old Town Hall 32 Derby Square, SALEM, MA, United States
Old Town Hall 32 Derby Square, SALEM, MA, United States

Old Town Hall  

Old Town Hall 32 Derby Square, SALEM, MA

History Alive presents Fashioning for Freedom: Layers of Liberty–a fashion show bringing to life famous Black historical figures in period-accurate dress. Attendees will learn about their lives and legacies and see some fabulous clothes!

Free

In Open Rebellion

Old Town Hall 32 Derby Square, SALEM, MA, United States
Old Town Hall 32 Derby Square, SALEM, MA, United States

Old Town Hall  

Old Town Hall 32 Derby Square, SALEM, MA

History Alive will be debuting a new play, In Open Rebellion, directed by Samantha Searles and written by artistic director, Kristina Stevick. History Alive welcomes you to be in the first audiences of this new show commissioned by Essex Heritage. Company members will be portraying the Provincial Congress, a secret meeting of patriots in Salem,...

Free

Theatre at Castle Hill: Ada and the Engine

Castle Hill on the Crane Estate Argilla Road 290, Ipswich, M, United States
Castle Hill on the Crane Estate Argilla Road 290, Ipswich, M, United States

Castle Hill on the Crane Estate  

Castle Hill on the Crane Estate Argilla Road 290, Ipswich, M

Ada envisions a whole new world where art and information converge in this story of love, friendship, and the edgiest dreams of the future. The poignant drama follows Ada Byron Lovelace’s complicated relationships with Charles Babbage, her mother, and the memory of her poet father.

$28 – $35