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By : Caitlin Kenney
4 min read
Nov 2022 Theatre Listings
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11/4-11/13
The Orchard comes home to Boston after it's Off-broadway debut in New York, combining live theatre and technology in the Arlekin Theatre Company's visionary take on Chehkov’s The Cherry Orchard. Tix available virtual or online at ArtsEmerson.org $25+
11/4-11/20
Hop on your computer to check out 6 virtual microplays by female writers/performers from Kenya in Theatre for One: We Are Here (Nairobi Edition) by Octopus Theatricals' Artistic Director Christine Jones. Tix at ArtsEmerson.org FREE
11/5
The Open Theatre is back in person as part of My Body My Choice, a national series of readings featuring women telling their stories via monologue. Tix at TheOpenTheatre.com
11/10-12/10
The Chinese Lady is the subversive and poetic story of Afong Moy and her life as a side show act in a changing America from 1834-1879. Tix at CentralSquareTheater.org $20+
Thru 11/19
The stakes are high for 4 Iranian students to pass their English exam and change their lives in SpeakEasy Stage's show English. Tix at Speakeasystage.com $25+
OTHER LISTINGS
11/5 Experience a traditional Dia de Los Muertos celebration and honored your loved ones who have passed with live music, authentic Mexican food, ballet folklorica and an altar ceremony that dates back thousands of years at Spontaneous Celebrations in Jamaica Plain. Tix at door $TBA
11/10
Japan's all-time favorite director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshirō Mifune join forces in Sanjuro, the samurai movie that inspired Clint Eastwood's iconic career in westerns. Don't miss!! Tix at brattlefilm.org $12-14
11/14
Father Surrealist film Luis Bunuel’s sexy and satiric masterpiece, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie screens at the Coolidge. $13-15
Originally published in-print in Boston Compass Newspaper #152 November 2022
Check out all the art and columns of November's Boston Compass at www.issuu.com/bostoncccompass