KANSAS CITY CHOIR BOY with Courtney Love & More Set for '2015-16 Oberon Presents' Series

The American Repertory Theater expands its 2015/16 Season programming with the OBERON Presents series, featuring a range of artists, companies, and programs. As the second stage of the A.R.T., a unique club theater venue, OBERON challenges artists to explore new relationships with space, performance, and audience experience. OBERON hosts a range of experimental work -- these shows invite audiences to listen to new voices and to hear old stories in new ways. This exploration is integral to A.R.T.'s mission to expand the boundaries of theater.

Below is a list of performances and dates that will anchor the OBERON Presents series this year. Tickets from $25 are available now with 2015/16 Subscriptions. Single tickets for Ghost Quartet are on sale now, single tickets for remaining productions will be on sale from September 2, 2015.

GHOST QUARTET

Music, Lyrics, & Text by Dave Malloy

Developed & Arranged by Ghost Quartet

Directed by Annie Tippe

A song cycle about love, death, and whiskey. A camera breaks and four friends drink in an interwoven tale spanning seven centuries, with a murderous sister, a treehouse astronomer, a bear, a subway, and the ghost of Thelonious Monk.

September 9-12, 2015

KANSAS CITY CHOIR BOY

Music and Lyrics by Todd Almond

Featuring Courtney Love & Todd Almond

Directed by Kevin Newbury

Choreography by Sam Pinkleton

Musical Direction by David Bloom

Kansas City Choir Boy is a theatricalized concept album about love altered by unexpected fate. A mystery told through flashbacks, the show tells the story of two lovers in small town America who separate when one goes in search of destiny and then disappears. Borrowing themes from ancient myth, the show features songs by acclaimed composer/lyricist Todd Almond performed by rock icon Courtney Love and Mr. Almond. They are joined by a chorus of sirens and musicians. Directed by Kevin Newbury, this is a love song for the computer age and a product of the 24-hour news cycle that feeds on the stories of the anonymous "missing."

October 1-10, 2015

SONG OF A CONVALESCENT AYN RAND GIVING THANKS TO THE GODHEAD (IN THE LYDIAN MODE)

Created & performed by Wolf 359

Written by Michael Yates Crowley

Directed by Michael Rau

Inspired by the migraine diaries of the show's writer, Michael Yates Crowley, he and director Michael Rau conduct a wild ride through the history of illness and art, with guest appearances by Ayn Rand, Beethoven, and a mid-career drag queen from Peoria, IL in this comic, moving, and philosophical show.

October 15-23, 2015

ONE CHILD BORN; THE MUSIC OF LAURA NYRO

By Louis Greenstein & Kate Ferber

Directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt

Featuring Kate Ferber

This acclaimed one-woman show celebrates the music and creative force of the late singer-songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer whose pop masterpieces - including "Eli's Comin'," "And When I Die," "Save the Country," and "Stoney End" - topped the charts in the '60s and '70s.

December 2-4, 2015

UBU SINGS UBU

Co-directed & choreographed by Dan Safer

Adapted & Co-directed by Tony Torn

Produced by Presence Productions in association with

The Solo Foundation & Verse Theatre Manhattan

Ubu Sings Ubu is a theatrical mash up of Alfred Jarry's absurdist satire Ubu Roi and the art punk songs of the cult experimental band Pere Ubu. Starring Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz as Pa and Ma Ubu.

February 4-5, 2016

H.M.S. PINAFORE

By Gilbert & Sullivan

Adapted & Directed by Sean Graney

Co-directed by Thrisa Hodits

New Arrangements by Matt Kahler & Andra Velis Simon

The Hypocrites return once again to sail the ocean blue! Welcome aboard the H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert & Sullivan's classic operetta. Captain Cat Coran tries to marry her son to the lofty Admiral Dame Jo-Anne but he falls in love with a lowborn sailress. This new, zany, version features versions of all the well-known H.M.S. Pinafore songs like "I'm Called Little Buttercup". A cast of ten act as their own orchestra.

March 8-20, 2016

WE'RE GONNA DIE

Written by Young Jean Lee

Directed by Shawn LaCount

Produced by Company One Theatre

It's time to get real and rock out about the one thing we all have in common: We're Gonna Die. Playwright Young Jean Lee blends storytelling, stand-up, music, and theater into a darkly weird song cycle that lets us know we may be miserable, but at least we won't be alone.

April 20-29, 2016

And don't miss A.R.T.'s popular The Donkey Show directed by Diane Paulus, continuing for its 7th season at OBERON every Saturday night.

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 and local artists. Home to thousands of performances and artists since opening in 2009, the venue regularly features thrilling performers including aerialists, poets, food artists, tap dancers, gender-bending sketch troupes, comedians, hula-hooping burlesquers, and many more.

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.

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