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Total Verrückt!

Presented by Charlestown Working Theater at Charlestown Working Theater

May 24-May 25, 2013

Have you heard the tale of the Jewish diseuse? The one where she wanders around the concentration camp singing her arias as she tries to escape the transport? Total Verrückt! tells her story, with inspiration from the work of Jewish Dutch poet Etty Hillesum,...

Sandglass Theater's D-Generation: An Exaltation of Larks

Presented by Charlestown Working Theater at Charlestown Working Theater

November 9-November 10, 2012

The Charlestown Working Theater presents D-Generation: An Exaltation of Larks, a performance which  explores the story-telling potential of people living with dementia. Sandglass Theater has created a cast of puppet characters, all with late stage dementia, whose lives are juxtaposed with the stories they collectively create, using the...

All The Journeying Ways: The Odyssey and The Bacchae

Presented by Whistler in the Dark at Charlestown Working Theater

September 14-September 25, 2011

Whistler in the Dark and the Charlestown Working Theatre join forces to bring a special two-week festival exploring ancient texts in new ways.

Charlestown Working Theatre Presents: The Odyssey
Created & Performed by CWT
Co-Directors Jennifer Johnson & John Peitso

An adaptation of Homer's epic poem for two...

Teatr ZAR's "Caesarian Section" at the CWT

Presented by Charlestown Working Theater at Charlestown Working Theater

May 29-June 1, 2011

Charlestown, MA, 4/28/2011: Poland's renown Teatr ZAR will make only two stops during its upcoming U.S. tour- the San Francisco International Art Festival and in Boston at the Charlestown Working Theater. Director Jaroslaw Fret and the company’s more than 10 years of investigative research and development into ancient sacred songs. ZAR...

"Restraints" & "Passages" two one-acts ~ one soulful evening

Presented by Charlestown Working Theater at Charlestown Working Theater

September 16-September 19, 2010

This double-bill offers a rare opportunity to see three international theatre artists in a richly imaginative evening of theater. Jola Cynkutis of Poland, Khalid Tyabji of India and Diane Edgecomb of Boston will present two one-act pieces strongly influenced by Grotowski's Teatr Laboratorium of Poland. The Laboratorium created a revolution in...

Hard-Headed Heart

Presented by Charlestown Working Theater at Charlestown Working Theater

September 11-September 12, 2010

Blair Thomas, Chicago’s most acclaimed puppet master, comes to the CWT with Hard Headed Heart, a wonderful trio of interconnected solo shows including: The Puppet Show of Don Cristobal – Based on the bawdy script by Federico Garcia Lorca, this play, performed with wooden hand puppets and a drum kit, is a humorous retelling of the...