Central Square Theater

06/05/2026

Lord Edgar has offered up another full week at the most luxurious and certainly not haunted Mandacrest Estate?! Charles Ludlam's classic, The Mystery of Irma Vep has extended to June 28! Get your ticket(s) today.

🎟(s) and info @ https://bit.ly/cst-irma-vep

Gabriel Graetz, Paul Melendy
📷: Maggie Hall Photography

06/04/2026

Werewolves, vampires, a curiously hairy groundskeeper and a surly long-term housekeeper? You never know who you'll run into up at the old Mandacrest Estate. Meet just a handful of the characters who spring forth from Gabriel Graetz and Paul Melendy and onto the stage in The Mystery of Irma Vep.

🎟(s) and info @ https://bit.ly/cst-irma-vep

📷: Maggie Hall Photography

06/04/2026

Join us tomorrow, Friday, June 5 at 6:30 PM for a special Pride Month evening at Charles Ludlam’s The Mystery of Irma Vep, a play director David R. Gammons describes as a “a wild, Bacchanalian Celebration of Life”!

🎟(s) and info @ https://bit.ly/cst-irma-vep

Gabriel Graetz
📷: Maggie Hall Photography

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06/04/2026

Join us tomorrow, Friday, June 5, for a post-show conversation with Dr. Jo Michael Rezes about how “camp” functions in The Mystery of Irma Vep. As camp has changed since the 1980s, so too have the critical frameworks audiences bring to to the table while experiencing it. So, what does Ludlam’s play reveal now, and what does it ask us to notice differently?

🎟(s) and info @ https://bit.ly/cst-irma-vep

📷: Maggie Hall Photography

06/03/2026

Join us tomorrow, Thursday, June 4, for a post-show conversation with Dr. Helen Lewis-Michelson about what happens when a work shaped by a distinctly q***r performance culture travels outward into broader culture, q***r theatrical lineage, the changing meanings of camp, and what it means to inherit a play whose terms were never entirely meant for everyone.

🎟(s) and info @ https://bit.ly/cst-irma-vep

📷: Maggie Hall Photography

06/03/2026

"Joyfully frenetic - A giddy, irreverent sprint!"

"Gabriel Graetz and Paul Melendy harness the material’s controlled chaos and bring hairpin precision to the insanity."

-Chris Vognar, The Boston Globe

🎟(s) and info @ https://bit.ly/cst-irma-vep

The show runs through June 21.

06/02/2026

Ancient Egyptian papyrus scrolls have been unraveled and translated just in time to announce Central Conversations for The Mystery of Irma Vep! Join us for conversations on the art of camp, the artistry and legacy of Charles Ludlam and the journey(s) of bringing The Mystery of Irma Vep to the stage!

🎟(s) and info @ https://bit.ly/cst-irma-vep

06/02/2026

Central Square Theater has had the honor and privilege of working with artists from across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and putting their stories on stage. We honor our current and past collaborators, staff, and audiences who are part of this vibrant community and artists like Charles Ludlam whose art and legacy inspire us this Pride Month.

Gabriel Graetz, Paul Melendy
📷: Maggie Hall Photography

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06/02/2026

The Moderate wins three Elliot Norton Awards! Congratulations to Ken Urban, Jared Mezzocchi, Sibyl Wickersheimer and Christian Frederickson on your awards! Congratulations to all of the other winners and the nominees. Your art brings life and joy to our stages!

📷: Nile Scott Studios