(HOBOKEN, NJ) -- Mile Square Theatre (MST) returns with a four-week run of The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess. In this “barnburner of a play” (The Washington Post), Janine, an accomplished Ivy League professor holds routine office hours with Zoe, an ambitious young student, to discuss her thesis: if history is written by the victors, who tells the story of the oppressed? When the two don’t see eye to eye, polite disagreements explode into a debate over race and history that threatens to derail their careers, lives and the status quo.
Tickets are $30-$45 and available for purchase online. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the theater a half hour before the performance. Performances take place Wednesdays at 8:00pm; Thursdays at 8:00pm; Fridays at 8:00pm; Saturdays at 8:00pm; and Sundays at 3:00pm. Running time: 90 Minutes.
Kevin R Free, MST’s new Artistic Director states, “The play feels relevant because of the brave conversations that middle-aged liberals like myself are having these days with progressive young people around race and privilege.”
The production stars Annie McAdams* (Lydie Breeze, u/s New York Theatre Workshop; Cruel and Barbarous Treatment, Culture Project) as Janine and DeAnna Supplee* (The Winter's Tale, New York Shakespeare Exchange) as Zoe. *Performing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.
The production features scenic design by Emmett Grosland, costume design by Mika Eubanks, and lighting design by Nancy Valladares. Nathanael Brown is the sound designer, Maya Ramdayal is the props supervisor, and Marisa Kilgallen is the stage manager. Publicity by Katie Rosin/Kampfire PR.
Mile Square Theatre is located at 1400 Clinton Street in Hoboken, New Jersey. It was founded in 2003 as a non-profit professional theatre. Their mission is to enrich and engage the region through the production of professional theatre and innovative arts education. MST produces professional theatre year round, including shows for young audiences and our annual festival of plays about baseball, 7th Inning Stretch. The MST Dance Academy provides pre-professional dance training in ballet, contemporary, tap, theatre dance, flamenco and hip hop; classes run on an academic-year schedule. MST Education provides workshops in acting and improvisation for all ages in spring and fall; offerings are designed to help students of all ages develop skills and technique.
