Buntport Theater

past shows

Percy Shelley sits on the edge of a bathtub reading from a book to his wife Mary Shelley who is sitting in the bathtub hanging onto his arm and looking longingly off in the distance.

My Hideous Progeny

A MODERN PROMETHEUS

A fever-dream of a production that weaves through different moments of Mary Shelley’s life and work. (more…)

A woman in blond pigtails leans over blowing a raspberry in the face of Cinderella, who looks upset and holds a broom.

< Cinderella

A WORDLESS TALE

< Cinderella (can be read as Less than Cinderella, although we wouldn’t push the issue) is Buntport’s take on the age-old fairy story. (more…)

In the foreground is a woman’s face looking forward and frowning. In the distance a man sits looking concerned. He is seated at a very small desk that is suspended by wires to the ceiling. Behind the man is a large mural portrait of an imposing man on the wall.

The 30th of Baydak

WALKING IN TURKMENISTANLAND

An original production inspired by the goings-on of present day Turkmenistan and Bohumil Hrabal’s novel Too Loud a Solitude. (more…)

Close-up of an unhappy looking man in stark lighting. He has many pairs of ice skates draped over his shoulders.

Kafka on Ice

EVEN DESPAIR IS MAGICAL ON ICE

A play that is, in fact, what it sounds like: Kafka’s life and work set on ice…

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Close up of a man with a large goatee trying to speak with a woman who is wearing a small chalkboard mask. Drawn on the chalkboard mask is a nose and mouth. The woman seems to be smoking a long piece of chalk like a cigarette and is pushing the goateed man back with a large eraser.

Quixote

IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS

Quixote, the first show created by Buntport Theater, is a transformative action piece satirizing academic life. (more…)

A man sits at a desk singing earnestly into a microphone. The walls behind him are covered in papers, letters, and postcards.

Seal. Stamp. Send. Bang.

Using the post office as a central metaphor for mankind’s interconnectedness, Seal. Stamp. Send. Bang. follows four different protagonists through an “ordinary” day. (more…)

A man in a red top, black suspenders, and glasses looks out inquisitively. Behind him are several hanging buckets in front of a red curtain.

Moby Dick Unread

THAR SHE BLOWS

Four performers, one boat on wheels and a few buckets of water add up to all 135 chapters of Melville’s classic novel.

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A large rabbit wearing a ratty robe and bunny slippers squats on a floor covered with newspapers. The rabbit holds a microphone and sings.

Jugged Rabbit Stew

THE SINGING MAGICIAN

Alec the Amazing and All-Powerful Magician and his assistant Mystical Marla have had to put their magic shows on hold because Snowball, the white rabbit that is supposed to emerge from the top hat, is depressed. (more…)

A man with a large mustache, dressed in a suit, and wearing a hospital gown sits at his desk. The man holds a glass of whiskey while deciding what to write. His expression is wry…or maybe just serious.

The World is Mine

BEING EUGENE O’NEILL

Part 1930’s screwball comedy, part O’Neill tragedy, The World is Mine is an absurd dramedy a la’ Buntport.

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