When you think of Patriot Place, football, restaurants, and shops most likely come to mind, but what about a new live theater space?

The sign outside still says Helix E-Sports next to the Showcase Cinemas, but inside, you'll find actors, not gamers.

"It's not often a nonprofit startup theater company is blessed with an amazing building like this," said New England Public Theatre founding artistic director John Mael. "So we're extremely grateful."

When it came to choosing the company's first production, Mael went right to "Oklahoma!"

"The opportunity to take it, keep the text and the original intent intact, but come up with some more relevant staging and some more relevant choices to today's audience? I think that's exactly the kind of work that needs to be done."

"The story is very po

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