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Ocean Filibuster

World Premiere

Recommended for grades 10+.

Tickets

From $25

Recommended for grades 10+.

  • Run Time

    1 hour and 40 minutes

  • Tickets

    From $25

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Gorgeous projections! The smart set design…thrusts the audience into the filibuster’s action.

WBUR

Dive beneath the waves and discover the intimate, critical relationship between humankind and the ocean. An integrated design immerses audiences inside the Senate chamber of a global governing body, where Mr. Majority introduces an “End of Ocean Bill” designed to shrink Earth’s oceans into a more manageable (and marketable) collection of inland seas. When the floor is opened for debate, the Ocean arrives to speak in its own defense…and so begins an epic showdown. Ocean Filibuster fuses myth, song, stand-up, and science to explore the vast depths crucial to our daily survival.

This world-premiere, genre-crashing music theater experience is created by the Obie Award-winning company PearlDamour and features Obie Award winner Jennifer Kidwell playing both Mr. Majority and the Ocean, along with an Ocean Choir.

This production contains haze, sudden loud noises, and flashing/moving lights.

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Created by PearlDamour
Text by Lisa D’Amour
Music by Sxip Shirey
Directed by Katie Pearl
Featuring Jennifer Kidwell
Commissioned and developed through a collaboration with the Harvard University Center for the Environment

Notable dates

Opening Night: 3/2
On Demand Thru: 3/27
Audio Described On Demand Thru: 3/27
ASL Interpreted: 3/9 at 7:30PM & 3/13 at 2PM
Audio Described: 3/11 at 7:30PM & 3/12 at 2PM
Open Captioned: 3/10 at 7:30PM & 3/12 at 2PM
Relaxed: 3/6 at 2PM

Production Sponsors
Serena and Bill Lese

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Cooking with Good Ingredients

Sxip Shirey, the composer for Ocean Filibuster, demonstrates the instruments and ideas animating his score for the piece.

Credits

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Creative Team

Created by

PearlDamour

Text by

Lisa D’Amour

Music by

Sxip Shirey

Lyrics by

Lisa D’Amour

Sxip Shirey

Directed by

Katie Pearl

Scenic Design

Jian Jung

Costume Design

Olivera Gajic

Lighting Design

Thomas Dunn

Sound Design

Germán Martínez

Projection Design

Tal Yarden

Music Direction

Sxip Shirey

Production Stage Manager

Lisa McGinn

Cast

Marshall Hughes Headshot

Ocean Choir

Marshall Hughes

Marshall Hughes Headshot

Ocean Choir

Marshall Hughes

Jennifer Kidwell Headshot

Mr. Majority/Ocean

Jennifer Kidwell

Jennifer Kidwell Headshot

Mr. Majority/Ocean

Jennifer Kidwell

Rachel Share-Sapolsky Headshot

Ocean Choir

Rachel Share-Sapolsky

Rachel Share-Sapolsky Headshot

Ocean Choir

Rachel Share-Sapolsky

Emerson Sieverts Headshot

Ocean Choir

Emerson Sieverts

Emerson Sieverts Headshot

Ocean Choir

Emerson Sieverts

Evan Spigelman Headshot

Ocean Choir

Evan Spigelman

Evan Spigelman Headshot

Ocean Choir

Evan Spigelman

Dawn L. Troupe Headshot

Ocean Choir

Dawn L. Troupe

Dawn L. Troupe Headshot

Ocean Choir

Dawn L. Troupe

Nia Weeks Headshot

Ocean Choir

Nia Weeks

Nia Weeks Headshot

Ocean Choir

Nia Weeks