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"Step into the cosmic conversation with Theater Mitu’s latest creation. Inspired by the 1977 NASA Voyager mission, which launched a vinyl recording of natural sounds found on Earth into space, as well as the uncertainty and isolations surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, this experimental performance begs the question: if we were to send another message into the distant future, what message would we send?

Part vinyl recording and part live performance, Utopian Hotline uses real voicemails left on a public hotline and to create a moment of community, while inviting audience members around a communal table to re-imagine our shared future.

This collaborative performance, done in partnership with SETI Institute, Arizona State University’s Interplanetary Initiative, and Brooklyn Independent Middle School, is a call for audiences to join together and leave an offering of hope for mankind’s future."

Tell Her This is more than a podcast—it’s a heartfelt journey into the lives of women, told through honest, intimate stories that transcend borders and generations. With over 100,000 downloads in 151 countries across six continents, Tell Her This has created a global community of listeners who are drawn to its raw authenticity and deeply personal narratives.

Hosted by music artist Rochelle Rice, the podcast is built on the power of connection. Traveling over 6,000 miles across the U.S., Rochelle has gathered stories that reflect the complexities of the human experience. From the bittersweet ache of family estrangement to the transformative moments of near-death experiences, Tell Her This shines a light on the strength, vulnerability, and beauty of women’s lives.

Tell Her This Live! brings these stories to life in a three-dimensional, multi-media experience. Audiences are immersed in audio vignettes from the podcast, paired with Rochelle’s emotionally charged performances of original music blending pop, soul, and jazz. This is set against a backdrop of striking video imagery from Strong, Like Water, a large-scale portrait art installation that honors the resilience and grace of women.

Through words, music, and visual art, Tell Her This invites listeners to connect with the profound and universal truths found in personal stories, proving that even in our differences, we are connected.

Winner of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association awards for 2024 Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, Unreconciled is the true story of an adolescent actor cast as Jesus in a Catholic school play directed by a parish priest. Actor Jay Sefton takes us on a magic carpet ride through parental love and bewilderment during difficult times in this moving portrait of working-class life in a whiskey-drenched, sports-crazed suburb of Philadelphia in 1980s.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette writes: “Sefton put on an acting clinic. It all added up to one of the most amazing pieces of acting I’ve ever seen. It was also funny as hell and very moving.” This award-winning show is currently performing in theatres across the country and will tour Ireland this fall.

Please note: This play contains adult language and themes that support survivors of childhood sexual abuse. There will be talk-back discussions following each show, with a panel of guests.

Winner of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association awards for 2024 Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, Unreconciled is the true story of an adolescent actor cast as Jesus in a Catholic school play directed by a parish priest. Actor Jay Sefton takes us on a magic carpet ride through parental love and bewilderment during difficult times in this moving portrait of working-class life in a whiskey-drenched, sports-crazed suburb of Philadelphia in 1980s.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette writes: “Sefton put on an acting clinic. It all added up to one of the most amazing pieces of acting I’ve ever seen. It was also funny as hell and very moving.” This award-winning show is currently performing in theatres across the country and will tour Ireland this fall.

Please note: This play contains adult language and themes that support survivors of childhood sexual abuse. There will be talk-back discussions following each show, with a panel of guests.

Winner of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association awards for 2024 Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, Unreconciled is the true story of an adolescent actor cast as Jesus in a Catholic school play directed by a parish priest. Actor Jay Sefton takes us on a magic carpet ride through parental love and bewilderment during difficult times in this moving portrait of working-class life in a whiskey-drenched, sports-crazed suburb of Philadelphia in 1980s.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette writes: “Sefton put on an acting clinic. It all added up to one of the most amazing pieces of acting I’ve ever seen. It was also funny as hell and very moving.” This award-winning show is currently performing in theatres across the country and will tour Ireland this fall.

Please note: This play contains adult language and themes that support survivors of childhood sexual abuse. There will be talk-back discussions following each show, with a panel of guests.

Winner of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association awards for 2024 Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, Unreconciled is the true story of an adolescent actor cast as Jesus in a Catholic school play directed by a parish priest. Actor Jay Sefton takes us on a magic carpet ride through parental love and bewilderment during difficult times in this moving portrait of working-class life in a whiskey-drenched, sports-crazed suburb of Philadelphia in 1980s.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette writes: “Sefton put on an acting clinic. It all added up to one of the most amazing pieces of acting I’ve ever seen. It was also funny as hell and very moving.” This award-winning show is currently performing in theatres across the country and will tour Ireland this fall.

Please note: This play contains adult language and themes that support survivors of childhood sexual abuse. There will be talk-back discussions following each show, with a panel of guests.

Winner of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association awards for 2024 Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, Unreconciled is the true story of an adolescent actor cast as Jesus in a Catholic school play directed by a parish priest. Actor Jay Sefton takes us on a magic carpet ride through parental love and bewilderment during difficult times in this moving portrait of working-class life in a whiskey-drenched, sports-crazed suburb of Philadelphia in 1980s.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette writes: “Sefton put on an acting clinic. It all added up to one of the most amazing pieces of acting I’ve ever seen. It was also funny as hell and very moving.” This award-winning show is currently performing in theatres across the country and will tour Ireland this fall.

Please note: This play contains adult language and themes that support survivors of childhood sexual abuse. There will be talk-back discussions following each show, with a panel of guests.

Winner of the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association awards for 2024 Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Solo Performance, Unreconciled is the true story of an adolescent actor cast as Jesus in a Catholic school play directed by a parish priest. Actor Jay Sefton takes us on a magic carpet ride through parental love and bewilderment during difficult times in this moving portrait of working-class life in a whiskey-drenched, sports-crazed suburb of Philadelphia in 1980s.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette writes: “Sefton put on an acting clinic. It all added up to one of the most amazing pieces of acting I’ve ever seen. It was also funny as hell and very moving.” This award-winning show is currently performing in theatres across the country and will tour Ireland this fall.

Please note: This play contains adult language and themes that support survivors of childhood sexual abuse. There will be talk-back discussions following each show, with a panel of guests.

Applications for the Sandglass Theater’s Summer Intensive Training Program are open now through May 1st. Intensive Dates are: July 6 - 20, 2025.

Applicants for the 2025 Summer Intensive training will select a focus track of Building, Performance or Directing. Participants will spend mornings as a whole ensemble developing common vocabulary through warm-ups, breath training and puppet animation/manipulation class. After lunch participants split into their tracks in puppet construction, puppetry performance or directing for puppet theater. In addition to daily classes, students will spend their evenings working on collaborative compositions in small ensembles, which will be presented at the end of the training.

Classes are scheduled five and a half days per week. Parallel lessons of morning training and focused afternoon tracks provide a strong foundation for participants to apply to their own work. Participants will have evening access to work spaces.

The objective of this training program is to:

*Inspire artists to understand and experience the strong potential of puppetry as a form of ensemble-based
theater

*Learn foundational techniques of giving life to inanimate objects in solo and collaborative processes

*Enjoy being in a creative process with a group of peers to develop compositions that are specific to the
medium of puppetry

Sandglass teaches a method of puppet performance that has been developed over 30 years of workshops around the world. Morning training will be led by Eric Bass (Co-Founder), Shoshana Bass (Artistic Director), and Amanda Maddock (Sandglass Associate Artist). Applicants must select a first choice and second choice for the afternoon track. We will do our best to accommodate your first choice.

We are offering at least one US-based BIPOC scholarship which will be awarded on a first come first serve basis. Applicants who are interested in being considered for this scholarship will be able to indicate so in their application. The scholarship covers tuition, housing and evening weekday meals; the student is responsible for their travel, personal meals and all other expenses.

Applications can be accessed at sandglasstheater.org