Sirens of Coos Bay by Laura Christina Dunn Music by Kyle Huth, Craig Lardiere, Kendy Gable, Laura Christina Dunn, and Monica Metzler (Forest Veil) Choreographed by Rebekah Stiles About Hans Christian Andersen's mermaid tale gets transported to
Rosa Red By Laura Christina Dunn with excerpts from the writing of Rosa Luxemburg. Music by Laura Christina Dunn with "Sunrise/Sunset" by Monica and Ron Metzler Choreographed by Rebekah Stiles Art Direction
Lenore Rises: An Edgar Allan Poe Macabaret About A collaboration of The Broken Planetarium and Whisper Skin Theater. From the creators of Frankenstein: A Cabaret, The Broken Planetarium presents a two-night, limited run variety show in honor of Halloween. Lenore
July Prompt: Lenore Rises Edgar Allan Poe is famous for a few strange things, including an obsession with writing about dead female characters. His speakers often go off mansplaining to their dead loves about how hard it
February Prompt: Variation-tines Day! The next Broken Planetarium is Variation-tines Day! Our culture puts a great emphasis on romantic love, but what about all the other kinds of love that enrich our worlds? Let's celebrate all the
December Prompt: Time to Defy December Prompt: Time to Defy The next Broken Planetarium is Time to Defy. Virginia Woolf said "Thinking is my fighting." Toni Morrison says that, "This is precisely the time when
Atlantis: A Folk Opera About The Broken Planetarium presents a new imaginative folk opera based on the myth of Atlantis. After Manhattan is completely under water, New Yorkers grow gills and continue on as usual. At the
August Prompt: Losing My Religion The next Broken Planetarium is Losing My Religion. In the past, some of the most moving art came from religious patronage and religious devotion (Michelangelo, Hafiz, mother f&@$ing amaze balls 80s
Frankenstein: A Cabaret About From the writer and producers of The Snow Queen, The Broken Planetarium introduces a new allegorical folk opera based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The show takes on contemporary issues of female
The Snow Queen: A Folk Opera About The Snow Queen: A Folk Opera resets Hans Christian Andersen’s tale in contemporary Detroit where two neighbors make their way through a very un-fairytale like world with the help of imagination
July: Art Party! The next Broken Planetarium is Art Party! Create an art making station for our art party and bring it to share on Saturday, July 23rd @ 5:00. Build your own sensory booth involving
June! The Broken Planetarium presents: Pajamajams House Concert The next Broken Planetarium will be a Pajamajams house concert on Wednesday, June 15th @ 6:00, featuring Dan Blakeslee, Moniker, and Laura Dunn, plus anything you'd like to share that keeps you up
May Prompt: Make Portland Weird Again The next Broken Planetarium is Make Portland Weird Again. Make your art in the middle of the city, brightening and confusing your fellow citizens, and bring photos and stories of your experience to
April Prompt: Agua Vida The next Broken Planetarium is Sunday, April 24th. The theme is Agua Vida. Create something around a moment where you felt most alive, and narrate that moment as if it took place under
March Prompt: Ety-mythology The next Broken Planetarium is Sunday, March 20th. The theme is ety-mythology. Etymology is the history of the meaning of a word and its origins. For instance, we know the word "clue&
A Celebration of Frankenstein and Fertile Ground by Many Hats' Jessica Wallenfels for American Theater Thank you, Jessica Wallenfels of our theater hero Many Hats for this thoughtful tribute to Fertile Ground, all of its amazing shows, and Frankenstein: A Cabaret for American Theater. http://www.americantheatre.org/
Review of Frankenstein: A Cabaret from Thru Magazine A thoughtful piece by Kathleen Dolan for Thru Magazine on Frankenstein: A Cabaret http://www.thrumag.com/frankenstein-a-cabaret/
Review of Frankenstein: A Cabaret from The Portland Mercury And a review from the Portland Mercury: http://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2016/01/28/fertile-ground-review-sex-jazz-and-monsters-in-frankenstein-a-cabaret
Review of Frankenstein: A Cabaret from Willamette Week Check out a beautiful review of Frankenstein: A Cabaret from Sophia June of Willamette Week. http://www.wweek.com/2016/01/22/fertile-ground-diaries-frankenstein-a-cabaret/ Also we were top picks for the week in WW
February Broken Planetarium: The Art of Losing The next Broken Planetarium is The Art of Losing. Like Bishop's poem (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176996), make something out of what you've lost, whether it is your keys, your chinchilla, your
Get Tickets for Frankenstein: A Cabaret Tickets for Frankenstein: A Cabaret are now available for purchase! $20 adult, $15 students / seniors. Please visit the Broken Planetarium Productions page for up-to-date show times and more information about the show!
New York Frankenstein Preview New York! Not able to make it to Frankenstein: A Cabaret in January in Portland? Come hear a preview at Postcrypt Coffeehouse on Columbia Campus this coming Friday, December 4th @ 9:30. Laura
Frankenstein read through complete! Here's to an amazing first read through with an incredible cast and crew! We are so excited to bring this piece to you in January!
Thanks for a wonderful Monster Ball Thank you to everyone who came out last night for the Monster Ball! You guys have made Frankenstein: A Cabaret possible and abundant! A huge thanks to our sponsor My Voice Music for
November prompt: Mortified The next Broken Planetarium is Mortified. Inspired by the podcast, and that Frankenstein who looked in horror at what he made, we are looking to examine how we perceive our own art. Take
