Upcoming shows
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
by Moisés Kaufman
Directed by Veronica Haakonsen
November 9, 10, 15, 16 @ 8pm
November 11, 17 @ 2pm
189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea
In early 1895, the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of Wilde's young lover, left a card at Wilde's club accusing him of being a "posing somdomite." Wilde sued for criminal libel. The defense denounced Wilde's art and literature as immoral, leading the prosecuting attorney to declare, "It would appear that what is on trial is not Lord Queensberry but Mr. Wilde's art!" In the end Queensberry was acquitted, and evidence that had been gathered against Wilde compelled the Crown to prosecute him for "gross indecency with male persons.” Using transcripts from the actual trials, Wilde’s own writings, and excerpts from autobiographies and other historical documents, this play reconstructs the three trials that Oscar Wilde endured. In addition to Wilde and Queensberry, characters ranging from Queen Victoria to London's rent boys, to a present-day academic are assembled to explore how history is made and how it can be so timely revisited in the theatre.
We are looking for 9 versatile actors to play multiple roles. There are around 50 characters represented in the play including: Oscar Wilde, Queen Victoria, Lord Alfred Douglas (Wilde’s lover), the Marquess of Queensberry (Wilde’s accuser), George Bernard Shaw, lawyers, judges, prostitutes, newspapermen, rent boys and more! All ethnicities and gender identities welcome.
A Night at the Cabaret 2019
February 1 and 2 at 8pm
189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea
Our annual Night at the Cabaret winter fundraiser will be performed at Chelsea Theatre Works in Chelsea, MA, on Friday February 1 and Saturday February 2, 2019 at 8pm. Enjoy food and drinks as your favorite Longwood legends perform classic musical theater songs.
Stay tuned for more information!
Pirates of Penzance
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert
Directed by Kaitlyn Chantry
May 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 @ 8pm
May 12, 18 @ 2pm
189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea
Frederic, orphaned at a young age and mistakenly apprenticed to a rather ineffectual band of pirates, falls in love with Mabel, whose father is the very model of a modern Major-General. Caught between love for Mabel and piratical duty, Frederic sets in motion a hilarious sequence of events with pirates chasing daughters, daughters chasing police, and police chasing pirates. Will love win the day? Ready your funny bones and set sail to find out.
Join us in an intimate black box setting as 10 actors take on more than 30 roles in Gilbert and Sullivan's most beloved tale of duty, courtship, and piracy!