On tour October 8–November 6, 2026.
TOURING SCHEDULE
THE 2026 COMPANY
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Open to actors entering 4th–6th-grade, Out of the Box Productions is an audition-based, touring performance troupe that brings theater-for-social-change into the Brookline Public Schools and the surrounding community. A staple of the Brookline Public School calendar, Out of the Box has been touring annually since 2004. Each fall, two casts of actors travel with an original show to all eight Brookline elementary schools, reaching nearly every 1st–6th-grade student in Brookline. Recent productions include THE POPULARITY PANDEMIC (2025), EXPRESS YOURSELF (2024), FOLLOW THE LEADER (2023), and TECH MESSAGE (2022).
ABOUT THIS YEAR’S SHOW
When a cheating scandal threatens the hard-won success of a community service club, each individual must confront their own sense of integrity as they wrestle with how to proceed. Is there ever a cause so worthy that it is okay to cheat? If those who had nothing to do with the cheating will also be hurt by revealing the truth, is it okay to keep a secret? Is it better to be a loyal friend or an honest one? TRUE TO YOU is less concerned with the answers to these questions and more concerned with how each of us arrives at those answers. How do we understand this complex and often vague idea of integrity, and what does ‘being true to yourself’ really mean?
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Brookline Commission for the Arts, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
PRODUCTION TEAM (2026–2027 season)
Matthew Kossack, Taylor Kirkwood, Eurídice Rivas, Adam Brooks
