Space at Central Square Theater

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Central Square Theater
450 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge

S P A C E intertwines imagined scenes with Congressional transcripts, and feats of endurance with the historical record, to interrogate the story of the Mercury 13 female pilots and their ancestors — Bessie Coleman, Hazel Ying Lee — and descendants — Mae Jemison, Sally Ride — over the course of a national Civil Rights Space Race that has spanned our past century.

Thru - Feb 23, 2025

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 617-576-9278

www.centralsquaretheater.org

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The Boston Globe - Recommended

"...When it comes to life's most ambitious goals, the journey to achieving them might be as important, if not more so, than the outcome. At least, that seems to be the case for a group of highly skilled women in Central Square Theater's production of "SPACE," running through Feb. 23."

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- Jacquinn Sinclair

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...After seeing SPACE at Central Square Theater, the line that haunted me came from Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to travel into space: "Rockets leave behind the thing that got them up there-their fuel tanks." Like those fuel tanks, the first group of courageous and highly motivated women aviators who sought opportunities as NASA astronauts were ultimately left behind-yet they provided the force that allowed Jamison and other women to play a role in space exploration."

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- Lynne Weiss

New England Theater Mirror - Recommended

"...SPACE, by L M Feldman and co-created with director Larissa Lury, is a theatrical exploration of women's roles in aviation and space exploration over the past century. Drawing inspiration from historical figures such as Bessie Coleman, Hazel Ying Lee, the Mercury 13 female pilots, Sally Ride, and Mae Jemison, the play intertwines their stories with imagined scenes, congressional transcripts, and feats of endurance. By examining the challenges and triumphs of these aviators, SPACE explores ambition, societal barriers, and the ongoing quest for inclusivity in space exploration. The play invites audiences to reflect on the missions of our time and the future we are collectively heading toward."

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- Helen Ganley

The New England Theatre Geek - Highly Recommended

"...There is no way Central Square Theater could have predicted the exact sequencing of events following the presidential inauguration on January 20, but, because its art is based in the sciences, it must have had an inkling that SPACE by LM Feldman and Larissa Lury would be topical. It's Black History Month and the White House is stripping women and minorities of equity and inclusion opportunities to favor the most bleached, tantrum-fueled presidential idiocrasy oligarchy since Reagan allowed his hate and other mucuses to trickle down and stop up our national funding pipelines. But I digress. SPACE is a good show about badass astronauts who defied the odds to kick ass up and down U.S. history."

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- Kitty Drexel

METR Mag - Recommended

"...Billed as “an audaciously theatrical & acrobatic shakedown that explodes human time,” the CST cast for "SPACE" has a difficult task but make every effort to successfully present each character portrayed as a complete human being and not just a footnote in history."

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- Emily D. Baldwin

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The Boston Globe - Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

New England Theater Mirror - Recommended

The New England Theatre Geek - Highly Recommended

METR Mag - Recommended

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