OBERON Sets July, August Lineups

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 July and August, in addition to the previously announced productions, including Visiting Artists, Artists in Residence, and Usual Suspects.

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.

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THE BIG QUIZ THING

OBERON Presents

Presented by The Big Quiz Thing and OBERON

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.

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REVENGE OF THE ROBOT BATTLE NUNS

Presented by The Slaughterhouse Sweethearts

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.

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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.

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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. Act 1 features fifteen rising stars battling it out for top honors and titles. During Act 2, the feature performers keep the party going while our judges and referees tally the votes. At the end of the night the grand prize winner receives a prize pack including $50 cash, a crown, tickets to an upcoming Mortis Ministries show, a guaranteed spot in WTF Queerlesque 4, and more!

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ACOUSTICAELECTRONICA

OBERON Artist in Residence

Presented by Touch Performance Art and OBERON

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.

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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.

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THE MOTH

Usual Suspect

Presented by The Moth

Tuesday, July 21 at 8pm

Tuesday, August 18 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.

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HEATWAVE

Presented by Sarah Sweeney

Wednesday, July 22 at 7PM

Tickets $10-12

At this mid-summer jamboree, poet Anne Champion, writer/comedian Wes 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.

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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. Featuring Erin Markey (Shortbus, Your Main Thing, Rods and Cones), Thu Tran (Food Party IFC, Late Night Munchies MTV) and Liz Prince (Tomboy, Alone Forever, Adventure Time, Clarence). Live Karaoke by Elephants.

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RAVE YOGA

Wednesday, August 5 at 7pm

Tickets $30

Join acclaimed yoga instructor David Magone as he pushes the boundaries of yoga into the world of rave lights and electronic music. The evening starts with David leading a thigh-scorching sequence of standing postures, light-as-air backbends, deep hip opening practices, and guided meditations. After class, stick around for special performances, drinks at the bar, and an open dance floor with a live DJ.

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AWKWARD SEX... AND THE CITY

Thursday, August 6 at 8:30pm

Tickets $15 - 20

NYC's finest storytellers relive their most awkward sexual moments for your viewing pleasure. Performed by an all-female comedian cast, Awkward Sex... and the City will leave you laughing out loud and glad that didn't happen to you.

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MORTIFIED

Usual Suspect

Friday, August 7 at 7:30pm

Tickets on sale soon!

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.

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THROWING SHADE

Monday, August 10 at 7:30pm and 9:30pm

Tickets $20

Throwing Shade is a smart, hilarious and irreverent weekly podcast and web series, hosted by homosensual Bryan Safi and feminasty Erin Gibson. Throwing Shade is infotainment at its best, serving an audience that represents more than half of all living human beings who don't have a show that speaks directly to them.

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ALTERNA-TEASE
Thursday, August 13 at 8:00pm

Friday, August 14 at 8:00pm

Organized by local burlesque performers Lolli Hoops, Femme Brulee, and Jane Doe, ALTERNA-TEASE!, now in its third year, brings together neo-burlesque performers from all over North America in a celebration of artful oddity. Thursday, August 13 is the New England Clambake, featuring Boston's very own Devilicia. Friday, August 14 is The Alterna-tease Awards Spectacular, which honors international burlesque performers with the prize of "Top Banana".

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MIDNIGHT AT THE MIDWAY

OBERON Artist in Residence

Presented by Boston Circus Guild and OBERON
Thursday, August 20 at 8pm

Friday, August 21 at 8pm and 10:30pm

Sunday, August 23 at 8pm

Thursday, August 27 at 8pm

Tickets $25-45

Part show, part interactive experience and all party. Midnight at the Midway introduces the members of a circus at the end of a very, very long run. They're ready to leave town, but only after one last wild celebration. Midnight at the Midway invites the audience to dance, drink, mingle, and let loose in a world halfway between gritty circus and ethereal dream where anything can happen and, thanks to a mix of live circus acts and improvisation, every night is different.

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SH*T-FACED SHAKESPEARE

Presented by Magnificent Bastard Productions and Cambridge Historical Tours

Saturdays this July & August at 7:30pm and Friday, July 31st at 7:30pm

Tickets $15-25

The deeply highbrow fusion of an entirely serious Shakespeare play with an entirely shit-faced cast member. Side-splitting, raucous and completely interactive, the show has already entertained over 35,000 eager theater goers across the UK. Having successfully completed multiple sell-out runs of the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe festivals, and its inaugural spring residency in Somerville, Sh*t-faced Shakespeare is HERE stateside and will be at OBERON through August.

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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.

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