Cutting Edge

In the near future, adults can log into The Nether, able to live in the fantasy world of their choice. When a young detective discovers a disturbing Victorian-era “Hideaway”, the line between reality and imagination dissolves.

"mOm. MOm. MOM... Can you please pause the TV?" Red Sox game might be on but your daughter's hosting a funeral for all of her forgotten hopes and dreams. In this absurdist one-woman comedy show you will endure the emotional rollercoaster of being a mother... and if you don't you're a misogynist.

News about the horrific bombings at the Kabul Airport during the American evacuation on August 26, 2021, prod six US veterans and their Afghan interpreter to relive their memories of a brutal firefight with the Taliban a decade before.

Called a 'dark, hilarious, Jewish Dolly Parton', America's salacious sweetheart Natalie Perlin seeks revenge on every man who wronged her. From summer-camp crushes to Hitler. No man is safe! Kinky, provocative, brilliantly unhinged! Not for the easily offended.

After the secret police seize his son, Don Mario strives to get his family out of country, as a plot to assassinate the dictator is hatched in his own backyard. Magical realism and Latine culture fuel this edge-of-the-seat journey into survival at the knife edge of oppression. Based on true events.

Aloe, a disabled, black teenager struggles to overcome his friend's death, and to reverse his attempt at suicide. This thrilling dramedy asks, "What if Hamlet decided not to be?" Could his friends save him in time? How might they have learned a nonfatal way of resolving intergenerational trauma?

Join us for three short vignettes by two emerging Latinx playwrights, exploring the darkness that lurks all around us, and inside of us. From the depths of despair to the fires of fury, Teatro Oscuro invites you to an experience of the dark you won't soon forget.