ODC in Residence at PAT – a new partnership

This spring, ODC Theater embarks on the incredible journey of renovating and expanding its 17th Street facility, the building ODC has called home for 29 years. Like all transformations, this one has come with many unexpected felicities, among them the terrifically warm welcome we’ve received from Project Artaud Theater, where we will house our programming for the duration of construction.

With its magnificent height, post-industrial grit, floor to ceiling windows, and deliciously controversial history, the Project Artaud Theater is a major cultural landmark, and we are delighted to be in partnership. In planning for 2008, we selected works that make the most of Artaud’s legendary attributes: aerial work that needs 35 ft ceilings; dances and theater pieces rich with big visuals and striking imagery; and 3 topically curated festivals that both honor our community’s artistic resources and also represent some of the nation’s most exciting new voices.

To launch our partnership, we’re celebrating with an opening festival called “For the Record,” which takes advantage of this being an election year. Checking all soap boxes at the door, we asked four artists to take on the idea of politics, to tap into the struggles and delights of living in our country at this critical juncture and illuminate the changes they would like to see. We’ve arrived at four incredible works, each tackling a different political hot button: environmental change, sexuality, immigrant experience, and the state of our governmental system.

We hope you find them as intellectually intriguing, emotionally moving, and visually stunning as we do. Come be a part of this history in the making. Be a contributor to the tipping point, regardless of which way you lean.

Rob Bailis
Director, ODC Theater

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