In this bilingual, multimedia masterpiece, puppets, video projection, and miniature sets collide to transport audiences to a future where prison abolitionists have created the conditions to end the prison industrial complex in the liberated lands formerly known as the U.S. and Mexico.
Set in 2047, this performance imagines abolition camps, formerly incarcerated people, families, and organizers working together in a fight to end all prisons, all rooted in the realities of modern-day United States and Puerto Rico.
Developed and performed by the visionary artists of Papel Machete, this project centers on community engagement with abolitionist organizations and currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families in an effort to create a vision of an abolitionist future. On the Eve of Abolition offers pathways to engage in real-time organizing toward the abolition of the prison industrial complex.
Through a partnership with Prison Radio, Papel Machete has engaged with political prisoners and currently incarcerated artists and accessed materials created by incarcerated people in Prison Radio’s archives. They are also partnering with Sisters Unchained, a Boston-based program engaging women/femme-identified and trans youth with family members in the carceral system.
The Seasons (3/12/25-3/16/25)
Robert J. Orchard Stage, Paramount Center is at 559 Washington Street, Boston, MA.
The Seasons (3/12/25-3/16/25)
Life & Times of Michael K (1/31/25-2/9/25)
Fight Night (9/20/24-9/21/24)
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Clue
Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts (4/4 - 4/6) | |
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Where We Belong
The Umbrella Arts Center (2/28 - 3/23) | |
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EXTENDED: Ada and the Engine
Castle Hill Productions (2/27 - 3/16) | |
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The Great Reveal
Lyric Stage Boston (4/4 - 4/27) | |
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Chris D'Elia
Boch Center Shubert Theatre (5/3 - 5/3) | |
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Steven Wilson: The Overview Tour
Boch Center Shubert Theatre (9/29 - 9/29) | |
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Madagascar
The Company Theatre (11/7 - 11/9) | |
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David Spade: I Got A Feel For It
Boch Center Shubert Theatre (4/25 - 4/25) | |
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Paths of Peace
United Parish in Brookline (5/3 - 5/3) | |
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Alejandra Guzman
Boch Center Wang Theatre (3/27 - 3/27) | |
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