"Circle Mirror Transformation" by Annie Baker

In this sneakily affecting play by Annie Baker, four students and their teacher in a "creative drama" class make their way through six weeks of seemingly banal acting exercises, with emotional entanglements and surprises along the way. - Don Aucoin, Globe Staff


Apart from its considerable individual merits, “Circle Mirror Transformation’’ represents a strong kickoff for the Shirley, VT Plays Festival, an experiment in which three Boston theaters — the Huntington, Company One, and the SpeakEasy… Show more Stage Company — are simultaneously producing three different plays by 29-year-old Annie Baker. The plays are all set in Shirley, Vt., but don’t look for it on the map, weekend leaf-peepers; the town is fictional. - Don Aucoin, Globe Staff


Meet Marty, the tireless leader of a drama class in a fictional Vermont town. Enter four students - Marty's husband, an anxiety-ridden teenage girl, a former actress, and a middle-aged man with a broken heart. You are now in the world of Annie Baker's acclaimed comedy "Circle Mirror Transformation," in which Marty and students play theater games that are sometimes silly, sometimes profound, and always in service to the poignant and funny story. The play is presented by the Huntington Theatre Company as part of the Shirley, VT Plays Festival. - Milva DiDomizio, Globe Staff

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