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Get A Load Of This
By Andrea Shea

Photo by Andrea Shea
Photo by Andrea Shea
BRIGHTON, Mass. - June 14, 2007 - In the theater, actors are used to working on stage where all the details -- lighting, sound effects, entrances -- are orchestrated to the letter.

But a new production in Boston is set in a noisy, real-world place where anything can happen. Here's WBUR's Andrea Shea's spin on an authentic soap opera.

The audio for this story will be available on WBUR's web site after 10 a.m. on Thursday.





(Photo by Andrea Shea) Laundry Theater
See photos from insider the laundry playhouse.




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