The award-winning Beau Jest Moving Theater’s inventive new homage to screwball comedies, live and on stage for one week only!
“Screwball!” is Beau Jest’s loving tribute to the screwball comedy genre; a live stage adaptation of Preston Sturges’ classic 1941 film Sullivan’s Travels, in which a well-known comic film director decides to make a serious movie. What would be the theatrical equivalent? How could the absurd plot points and rapid-fire dialogue be translated to the stage? We found an enormous reservoir of untapped, positive theatrical energy embedded in the farcical depression-era films that defined the screwball genre. Translating that vocal and physical energy to the stage was the challenge we set ourselves. In doing so, we found that comedy is a weapon that can respond to injustice by instilling hope and joy during dark times. And it’s a love story with enough original Beau Jest plot twists to satisfy and surprise fans of the original movie.
General Admission
$25 students/seniors/artists
$35 general public
Phone: 207-319-3355
Email: us@beaujest.com
2022/06/22 - 2022/06/25
Boston Playwrights' Theatre
949 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215