'GLITTEROTICA 2', BIZARRO BALL, THE MOTH and More Set for OBERON This June & July

OBERON, the American Repertory Theater's (A.R.T.) second stage and club theater venue on the fringe of Harvard Square, announces all the offerings to be presented at OBERON during June and July, in addition to the previously announced productions, including Visiting Artists, Artists in Residence, and Usual Suspects.

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THE BIG QUIZ THING

OBERON Presents

Presented by The Big Quiz Thing and OBERON

Monday, June 1 at 8PM

Monday, July 6 at 8PM

Free Admission

The Big Quiz Thing, the major-league game show that you get to play, is live at OBERON every month. Quizmaster Noah Tarnow presents five big rounds of the world's greatest multimedia quiz excitement, including video puzzles and audio clues. Plus, there's hope for dummies: Smart-Ass Points for wrong but funny answers. Best of all is the $200 cash grand prize, along with show tickets, books, DVDs, CDs, baked goods, and more.

MASCULINITEASE 2: TESTOSTEROTICA

Presented by the men of Sirlesque

Thursday, June 4 at 8PM

Thursday, June 11 at 8PM

Tickets $20-25

Boston's only all-male burlesque troupe, Sirlesque, is back with their second annual Masculinitiease event, hosted by Cade Rockwell. Cheeky Devine, Lotta Sass, Peter Mercury, Lucky Charming and others will shake up OBERON with their unique blend of comedy and sex appeal in a two-night celebration of men, machismo, and masculinity.

GLITTEROTICA 2: REVENGE OF THE GLITTER

Presented by the Kristy McGarr

Thursday, June 5 at 8PM

Tickets $15-30

If you're not wearing glitter when you enter the show, you'll be wearing it when you leave. Niki Luparelli will host Glitterotica 2: Revenge of the Glitter, the sparkly spectacular variety show featuring a multitude of local performing artists. The person with the sparkliest outfit gets free tickets Old School Game Show!

ONCE MORE WITH PASTIES: A BUFFY BURLESQUE

Presented by A Murder of Crows

Wednesday, June 10 at 8PM

Tickets $10-20

Join A Murder of Crows as they transform OBERON into the Bronze, open the Hellmouth one more time, and make with the sexy in this burlesque tribute to the cutest of the Scoobies. Wear your 90s best, come prepared for trivia, and enjoy signature cocktails, all while we enjoy some of Boston's finest performers bringing your favorite Slayers to the stage.

EN-ER-GY 6

Presented by Jha D

Friday, June 12 at 8:30PM

Tickets $10-20

EN-ER-GY is an annual showcase of a diverse cast of Boston-based artists that celebrates the wide range of talent that resides in the area. Spoken word poets, dancers, bands, visual artists, DJs, emcees, fashion designers, pole dancers and more are invited to be Energizers for the evening. The proceeds from E6 will benefit the Haley House's Transitional Employment Program, which strives to end the cycle of incarceration by supporting people returning to the community.

BIZARRO BALL: A FUNDRAISER FOR ALTERNA-TEASE

Presented by Alterna-Tease

Sunday, June 14 at 8PM

Tickets $15-20

The beautiful, bizarre, strange, weird, and wild are getting together for a night of burlesque, games, contests, and prizes all to benefit Alterna-Tease: The New England Neo-Burlesque Festival. Have a ball, play some games, drink some drinks, and get teased by some of Boston's favorite burlesquers doing some of their wildest pieces to help bring more wacky burlesque weirdos to Boston.

THE MOTH

Usual Suspect

Presented by The Moth

Tuesday, June 16 at 8PM

Tuesday, July 21 at 8PM

Tickets $8-16

The Moth StorySLAMs are steadily spreading all over the map, gathering people and stories from all over the country. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston have multiple shows each month. The Moth is open to anyone with a five-minute story to share on the night's posted theme. The brave of heart, or those with stories they're aching to tell, prepare personal, true tales. When the doors open, storyteller hopefuls put their names in The Moth Hat. A half hour later, names are picked, and one by one, storytellers take the stage. Each person has just five minutes. The 10 featured stories are scored by teams of judges selected from the audience. Each StorySLAM generates a StorySLAM winner. After ten SLAMs, the winners face off in the GrandSLAM Championships.

EIGHT

Presented by the Boston Teen Acting Troupe

Friday, June 18 at 8PM

Sunday, June 21 at 8PM

Tickets $10-20

High-class hookers, bereaved gallery owners, single mothers, and a man who has lost everything except his memories of the 7/7 London bombings, Eight gives otherwise neglected characters center stage in a series of monologues. Incisively witty, yet touching and potent, this play looks at the personal effect of an otherwise social phenomenon.

MORTIFIED

Usual Suspect

Friday, June 19 at 7:30PM

Saturday, June 20 at 7:30PM

Tickets $15

Mortified is a comic excavation of teen angst artifacts as shared by their original authors in front of total strangers. Hailed as a "cultural phenomenon" by NewsWeek and celebrated by This American Life, The Today Show, and Entertainment Weekly, submissions come from a wide range of participants all in the noble pursuit of self-degradation.

ACOUSTICAELECTRONICA

OBERON Artist in Residence

Presented by Touch Performance Art and OBERON

Friday, June 19 at 10:30PM

Friday, July 17 at 10:30PM

Tickets $25-55

AcousticaElectronica sends the audience on a tantalizing voyage filled with sensual and emotional discoveries as elements of electronic and classical music, dance, circus arts, and immersive theater are fused with the infectious energy of the contemporary nightclub. Dancers, symphonies, aerialists, operas, and live musicians (THE WIG included) all happen around every inch of the space to keep the audience guessing at every turn.

BLACKNIFICENCE 2

Presented by Tawanda Gona

Wednesday, June 24 at 8PM

Thursday, June 25 at 8PM

Tickets $15-25

Future stars of Boston comedy appear onstage together at OBERON. This night will entertain and inform as comics regale the audience with humorous tales of experiences from their own unique perspectives.

REVENGE OF THE ROBOT BATTLE NUNS

Presented by The Slaughterhouse Sweethearts

Friday, June 26 at 7:30PM & 10:30PM

Friday, July 10 at 7:30PM & 10:30PM

Tickets $13-20

What happens when two people who hate each other most end up stuck together in the end of the world? The Robot Battle Nuns are close, but who are they? Prepare for the President's daughter, mad science, sexy cannibal triplets, foxy hallucinations, mutations galore, and one bloody, perverse story of revenge.

ALL THE KING'S MEN

Presented by All the King's Men

Sunday, June 28 at 7PM

Tickets $25

The comedic, gender-bending performance troupe, entertaining your face off since 2002 is back! Thrilling audiences to their feet from Los Angeles to London for the past twelve years, ATKM returns home to OBERON.

JAGGERY + ARC IRIS + FAUN FABLES

Wednesday, July 1 at 7:30PM

Tickets $15-20

Three bands with their own unique appreciation for genre-crossing eclecticism. From the art-witch song telling of Oakland-based Faun Fables, to the fearlessly ambitious freak-folk-meets-glam-rock Providence-based Arc Iris, to the unmistakably original and enigmatic dark avant chamber pop of Boston quintet Jaggery.

THE STORY COLLIDER

Tuesday, July 14 at 8PM

Tickets $10-12

The Story Collider is an evening of true, personal stories about science. Whether you wear a white lab coat or haven't seen a test tube since eighth grade, science affects and changes us. We all have a story about science, and The Story Collider wants to hear them.

ROYALLY TALENTED

Presented by Allix Mortis

Thursday, July 16 at 8PM

Tickets $10-15

Royally Talented is a variety competition for new and emerging artists in the Boston area. The show celebrates queer artists and their allies in the art of burlesque, comedy, spoken word, variety arts, and all genres of drag. Signups are open at allixmortis.com until June 16, or until all spots are filled.

YOUR BODY AND YOU: A THEATRICAL COMEDY STRIPTEASE SPECTACULAR

Presented by Rogue Burlesque

Sunday, July 19 at 8PM

Sunday, July 26 at 8PM

Tickets $15-20

A health assembly full of cautionary tales, celebratory moments, and your recommended daily dose of striptease. Health teacher Joan (comic Jessie Baade) guides the gifted gals of Rogue through the horrors of drug abuse, the dangers - and pleasures - of promiscuity, the basics of hygiene, and more. With an assist from gym teacher Jim (Dale Stones of Sirlesque), dancing STDs, and an epic, live-action contraception battle, you'll leave loving every body.

HEATWAVE

Presented by Sarah Sweeney

Wednesday, July 22 at 7PM

Tickets $10-12

At this mid-summer jamboree, poet Anne Champion, writer/comedian We Hazard, comedian Sam Jay, Harvard Kennedy School lecturer and writer Tim McCarthy, and writer Sara Sweeney will divulge the hottest, wettest, and wildest summer stories. The improvisational, instrumental guitar-drum duo The Rococo Bang will provide the score.

THOUGHT BOMB

Friday, July 24 at 9PM

Tickets $5

Though Bomb with Matthew Flynn is a show where eccentric writers, stand-up comics, illustrators, etc. get a chance to perform a story and do a karaoke song with the aid of a live band.

THE DONKEY SHOW

The Long-Running Hit

Presented by A.R.T.

Every Saturday night

Tickets $25-30

Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus' celebrated smash hit continues its 5th Season at OBERON every Saturday night, bringing you the ultimate disco experience - a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, of roller skaters and hustle queens inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The party rages on the dance floor to all the best 70s hits as the show unfolds around the audience. After the show, the party continues into the night so you can live out your own disco fever fantasy!

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OBERON is located at 2 Arrow Street at the corner of Mass Ave. in Harvard Square, Cambridge. For more info and tickets visit cluboberon.com.

OBERON is the American Repertory Theater's second stage, a destination for theater and nightlife on the fringe of Harvard Square. In addition to offering work from the A.R.T's main season, OBERON is also a thriving incubator for emerging artists to imagine new projects that could only exist in this exciting club-theater environment. Thousands of artists and performance groups bring work to the space each year. OBERON regularly features local performers including aerialists, beat poets, food artists, tap dancers, gender-bending sketch troupes, comedians, hula-hooping burlesquers, and pop-and-lock human statues to name a few.

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