Global Moves, features collaborations with artists from China, India, Israel and the United States. Led by choreographer Margaret Jenkins, the artists will explore the current waves of isolationism and xenophobia, utilizing cultural texts as prompts to make a work of hope and unity.
A text-based movement performance choreographed and directed by Sara Shelton Mann exploring short stories of local community members developed through a year-long workshop process. 7 Excavations aims to begin a conversation in the artist community around addressing and treating trauma while holding space for healing and compassion.
A new outdoor vertical dance production investigating Indigenous forest practices, featuring the songs, voices and stories of Ohlone elders, as well as Augmented Reality digital art created by American Indigenous youth. Talking Roots: Trees of Witness will engage an extensive network of Indigenous artists, scientists, elders, schools, urban youth and audiences from throughout the South […]
A full-length dance and music program featuring the innovative hula choreography by director Patrick Makuak_ne and showcasing several of Hawaii_s most culturally renowned m_h_ (transgender) artists and performers. The project celebrates the renewed appreciation and acceptance of m_h_ artists as a vibrant cultural force whose impact and influence have been obscured and disparaged due to […]
A four-hour interdisciplinary performance trip through grief and joy that invites us to consider our role in the climate crisis by ODC Theater Resident Artist Larry Arrington. Created in collaboration with over 20 women and queer interdisciplinary performers, Eleusis draws from the Hellenistic rituals of the Eleusinian mysteries to explore the necessity of interdependence within […]
A dance and multidisciplinary storytelling project exploring the continuum of slavery into the post-Civil War convict lease system, and convict labor into modern day mass incarceration.
A performance project created by inkBoat, interdisciplinary artist Ann Carlson and The Oakland Zoo. Ones focuses on the relationship between humans and nonhuman species to help us consider our own humanity and collectiv
A multimedia performance created and performed with and for the community of Oakland, which weaves together storytelling with theater, dance and music. Placing real-life stories of local residents at the heart of the project, SPACES stands opposite the notion of “us vs. them,” bringing focus back to our communities, one story at a time.
A two-year mentorship program for young female-identified Black playwrights including advisory meetings with established playwrights and readings leading to a finished full-length play for each mentee.
Centers stories by people who have survived incarceration. Actors from Returned Citizens Theatre Troupe will spark deep community dialogue about some of the most pressing issues of our time such as systemic racism, the injustice of the carceral system and the challenges of COVID with audiences that include the general public, other people who have […]
