Cutting ball's' 23/24 SEASON

Stepping into its 24th season, Cutting Ball Theater is visiting old favorites as well as continuing to push the boundaries of what experimental theater is. Offering a variety of experimental programming, Cutting Ball is thrilled to provide audiences everything from behind the scenes content, to new works, to collaborations, to community events, and everything in between.

FALL SPECIAL FEATURE

OCT 20-NOV 12

ROSSUM'S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS

written by Karel Capek
translated by Paul Selver
adapted and directed by Chris Steele

The Robots have taken over. It's official, we are living in the future and humanity is only a distant memory. Join a cast of four Robots as they perform the last ever Human Play, written just before the great Robot Wars of Emancipation. Much information will be shared, the lost Human art of "humor" will be examined, and together as Robots we will celebrate our vast superiority to man!

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FIRST GUEST ATTRACTION

DEC 1 - 17

GUEST ATTRACTION 1

Collaborations with an independent producer or small to mid-size company to bring new experimental work to the Cutting Ball stage. Applications for the two production slots will open in July.

BONUS FEATURE

FEB 1 - 18

VARIETY PACK

SHORTCUTS
UNDISCOVERED/UNDEVELOPED
MIXED METAPHORS

Join Cutting Ball for a micro-festival of New Works, bold risks, and unexpected discoveries! Featuring the SHORT CUTS director series: 5-6 directors working with one repertory cast and set pieces creatively string together their distinct styles through a series of short play experiences that challenge the theatrical form; also featuring UNDISCOVERED/UNDEVELOPED where 3 local playwrights share semi-rehearsed readings of promising new experimental works, just itching for full production; and finally featuring MIXED METAPHORS: an evening of non-scripted, non-traditional theatre pieces ranging from original music to dance to drag to puppetry, all devising an original piece on a communal theme over the course of one week!

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SPRING SPECIAL FEATURE

APR 19 - MAY 12

THE SOUL NEVER DWELLS IN A DRY PLACE

by Rotimi Agbabiaka
inspired by the work of Romare Bearden

The Soul Never Dwells in A Dry Place uses theatrical collage to tell the story of a young black curator, newly hired by a major American museum to mount a retrospective of 1960s artist Romare Bearden. As he struggles to fit Bearden’s boundary breaking work into contemporary categories, he is visited by the ghosts of Bearden’s influences.
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SECOND GUEST ATTRACTION

JUN 7 - 23

GUEST ATTRACTION 2

TBD