Above: Broadway musicals isn’t what Southborough is known for, but there are theater offerings just beyond its borders. This summer, Framingham Community Theater will perform another adult comedy. (Photo of 2014’s production posted to FCT’s website)
Well, let’s face it – Southborough isn’t the hub of Broadway musicals, but you can catch a few performances this summer at local venues.
Since the Southborough Players dissolved in 2009, our town has been without its own community theater. Fall through spring, school plays might fit the bill. But for the summer months, you may want to venture into neighboring towns.
Framingham Community Theater’s adult comedy this summer is Red Velvet Cake War. Curtains go up this week. Performances are scheduled for the next two Fridays and Saturdays – July 15, 16, 22, & 23 at 8:00 pm and Saturday Matinee July 23 at 2:00 pm at Amazing Things Arts Center 160 Hollis Street, Framingham.
The Westborough Player’s Club will be putting on a musical performed next month. Details have yet to be posted, but Godspell will be performed at The Willows in Westborough August 12, 13, 19, and 20.
Two local kids theater camps have listed their upcoming summer performances.
River’s Edge Arts Alliance @ Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School, featuring summer drama program campers, split by age groups:
- Jackie and the Beanstalk (by grades 1-3) – Friday, July 15, 1:00 pm
- How to Eat Like a Child (by grades 4-6) – Friday, July 22, 7:00 – 8:00 pm
- Disney’s High School Musical Jr. (by grades 7-10) – Wednesday, July 27 & Thursday, July 28 at 7:00 pm
- Fairy Tales (by grades 1-3) – Friday, July 29, 1:00 pm
- Billy Shake’s Summer Project (by grades 10-college) – Friday, July 29, 7:00 pm
- Into the Woods (by ages 9-17) – 3rd Annual Interactive Dinner Theater Experience – Saturday, July 23 at 5:00 pm and Sunday, July 24 at noon, at Congragation B’nai Shalom, Westborough
- Elf (by ages 8-17) – Saturday, August 13 at 5:00 pm at Algonquin
- Free summer series (by ages 5-15) – every Friday at 1:00 pm: Stone Age (July 29, Algonquin), Candy House (July 29, Westborough High), Kids Rule the World (August 5, Algonquin), Moon Cheese (August 5, Westborough High), Olympus (August 19, SkyRise Studios), Red Cape (August 19, Trottier Middle School), Magic Wings (August 26, SkyRise Studios)
If you know of other plays in the immediate vicinity, please share it in the comments.
