WORLD PREMIERE

“What about all the in-betweens?” 

Rock-and-roll was invented by corporations to sell cars and sex to teenagers. Indie rock was invented by teenagers who weren’t into cars or sex. Pop music is a CIA plot, like MK Ultra or Abstract Expressionism. Gender is a pyramid scheme; religion is a performance. Texas is both a gender and a religion. 

How about you? What’s your whole deal? You sure about that? 

A punk elitist attempts to sell his band on a rock opera he wrote about meeting his favorite pop star. But first he has to explain why he has a favorite pop star, why it’s Katy Perry, why he wrote a rock opera about it, and how it all ties into his new look, most succinctly described as “she.” Directed by Tamarie Cooper. (World premiere.)Read more

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Open Dance Project presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a dance theater adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic comedy. Join Hermia as she runs away from an overbearing father into a forest filled with hapless young lovers, a feuding Fairy King and Queen, a mischievous sprite, and an uproarious band of amateur actors. Great for all ages, this humorous and poignant coming-of-age tale features an original score by Two Star Symphony’s Kirk Suddreath and John Duboise, puppets by Afsaneh Aayani, and Open Dance Project’s signature athleticism, theatrical antics, aerial silks, acrobatics, and good old fashioned family fun. ODP invites young audiences to experience the magic of Shakespeare through a dance theater production that celebrates the power of the imagination and the indomitable spirit of youth.Read more

Comedian Clash is a game show, hosted by Jacquis Neal (Dropout, Grand Crew), where we've asked 100 people everyday questions and our celebrity guests Clash against each other and try to guess what the people said for their chance at real prizes, belly laughs and fun! We also choose 4 randomly selected audience members to play alongside our celebrity guests for their chance at glory.

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Cartografía del amor roto es una pieza coral que reúne monólogos y duetos sobre amores que no se dieron, o no sobrevivieron, que dolieron o que dejaron marcas profundas. Cada escena traza un territorio del amor fracturado - el amor migrante, el amor violento, el amor ausente, el amor materno, el amor que sobrevive en la memoria -. La propuesta construye un mapa emocional desde voces femeninas y masculinas, vivas y muertas, reales y simbólicas, que se ahogan frente a la “dictadura del amor feliz”.

En su estética, la obra construye un espacio único y compartido por todas las historias: un edificio imaginario donde cada residencia alberga un amor roto. Apenas una cama, una cocina, una chimenea, y unas bancas exteriores son elementos mínimos que se repiten como ecos en la cotidianidad de una vida cualquiera. Las escenas se enlazan unas con otras como si sucedieran al mismo tiempo o en departamentos contiguos, donde los vecinos se ahogan en su propio dolor. Esa vecindad simbólica hace de los diez momentos una totalidad, un mismo cuerpo escénico. Aunque los personajes viven en soledad sus dramas, al final se encuentran en los cuerpos de los actores y el acto de acompañarse se convierte en la forma más humana de contener al otro.Read more

There are two sides to every story, and when the Big, Bad Wolf takes the stand in Piggsylvania’s Trial of the Century, he finally gets his say. But will he get a fair trial in a corrupt piggy court? Join us as we discover what really happened and who was to blame. A whodunit for all ages!

Recommended for Pre-Kindergarten and older.Read more

A multidisciplinary exhibition of newly commissioned works by Hong Hong, consisting of a four-channel video installation, sculpture, and performance. These projects engage with movement, language, and history, exploring Angel Island through nonlinear storytelling and embodied research.Read more

Red Maple explores the trials and tribulations of two couples in mid-life grappling with empty nest syndrome and their changed expectations of each other in this hilarious and heart-warming play.Read more

The new film by director Atanas Mihaylov – One Gram Life (producers: Atanas Mihaylov, Film Academy for Talents, Devil Cinema, Zipo & Slash) shines a spotlight on one of the most pressing issues of modern society – drug use. The true events portrayed in the film reveal the deep personal, family, and social consequences of drugs and profoundly affect the parent–child and child–parent relationship. One Gram Life will be in cinemas nationwide starting November 14. 

Четири съдби се превръщат в разпадаща се частица “живот“. Съдби, които се преплитат в една обща житейска история, разкриваща грозната истина за дрогата. Причината им да посегнат към това заразно зло е различна, но винаги води до бездънна пропаст, от която трудно се излиза. А в много случаи - спасението дори е невъзможно. Приятелство, болка, гняв, наивност, безумни противоречия, разбити мечти и желание за живот. Истинските събития, които представя „Един грам живот”, зазягат дълбоко връзката дете - родител, родител - дете и разкриват дълбоките лични, семейни и социални последствия от употребата на наркотици сред младите.Read more

Musiqa and Kinetic Ensemble partner to present the world premiere of Canadian-American composer Karim Al-Zand’s The Strangers’ Case. The GRAMMY® award-winning, Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman joins the ensemble for this song cycle for tenor and string orchestra that gathers poems and other turn-of-the-century accounts by immigrants to the United States and, in so doing, reminds us of our shared history, fraught as it is with contradiction, filled with both selfless generosity and selfish indifference.Read more