Hoboken Theater To Host Sex Comedy Play '5 Times In One Night'

HOBOKEN, NJ — Mile Square Theatre in Hoboken, a professional theater company, will host performances from Feb. 19 through March 15 of a play described as "a hilarious exploration of sex through the ages." The play is called "5 Times in One Night," by Chiara Atik.

As if to prove their own virility, the play will be performed six times each week.

MST Artistic Director Chris O'Connor said he wanted to bring the play to Hoboken after seeing it in New York City.

“I saw Chiara’s play when it premiered at Ensemble Studio Theatre in 2015, and I knew immediately it would be a great play for Mile Square Theatre," said O’Connor. “5 Times in One Night is both hilarious and heartbreaking, and it dares to address the messy, awkward, and vulnerable conversations we have as couples when we talk about sex. Chiara does it with intelligence and airtight comic writing. The five couples played by two actors is a delightfully entertaining theatrical device.”

A press release notes, "From Adam and Eve to the last couple on Earth, playwright Chiara Atik riffs on what we talk about when we talk about sex. Five couples are played by two actors, Kelsey Roberts (MST’s A Merry Little Christmas Carol) and Nathaniel Kent (Eat the Devil). The New York Times says of the play, 'a lewd title and a tender heart…the writing feels specific and universal.'”

Directed by Melissa Firlit (MST’s Dracula: The Journals of Jonathan Harker), the creative team includes Jen Price Fick, who last season designed the sets for I and You and Bunnicula; lighting designer Matthew D. McCarren (59E59), costume designer Alexandria Hoffman (Florida Rep, Rattlestick), MST resident scenic artist and prop master Emmett Grosland (I and You, Pipeline) and intimacy director Judi Lewis Ockler (Dear Dead Drug Lord).

5 Times in One Night begins performances on Feb. 19 and runs until Sunday, March 15. Opening night is Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. Performances are Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m.

The theater is located at 1400 Clinton St., Hoboken. Tickets are available at www.milesquaretheatre.org, or by calling 201-683-7014. Tickets are $15-40 • $20 students and $25 seniors.

Discount Parking available at The Harlow at 1330 Willow Ave. and at Little Man Parking at 1300 Jefferson St. For more information on Mile Square Theatre, visit www.milesquaretheatre.org.