THE ORACLE to Run 10/22-31 at The Brick

The Operating Theater presents The Oracle, an immersive living wax works, which transforms The Brick into an exhibition hall where artifacts and a series of live dioramas tell the story of Iris Atalanta Lee. A historical figure from the first British Industrial Revolution, Lee was beheaded by the government for inciting a Luddite riot against the automation of stocking factories. After her publicly displayed head was stolen it traveled the world, purportedly sharing secrets from beyond the grave. Witness for yourself whether this historic and Promethean oracle foretells the future.

Audiences are invited to engage in Iris's life story through video, listening stations, interactive media displays, historic artifacts, and interactive, performed dioramas that loop continuously throughout the event. The Operating Theater is known for an inimitable phantasmagoric style, an astounding eye for detail, and a mischievous sense of humor and The Oracle brings to life an incredible world that goes beyond ordinary science fiction or fantasy to forecast an uncanny and incomparable prophecy of the future.

The Oracle is devised by a talented team of interdisciplinary artists: story and curation by Jason Schuler; managing director: Dori Ann Scagnelli; produced by Sandra Garner, Lingua Franca Arts; performances by Kourtney Rutherford, Ben Becher, Alessandro Magania, Estelle Lee, Christine Holt, and Ariel Whitfield; live dioramas written by Alison Folland, Eleanor Hutchins, Jennifer McKenna, Jason Schuler and Jon Leon Torn; artifacts & interactive installations created by Brittany Loesch, Ken Nintzel, Eva Peskin, Jason Schuler and Eva Von Schweinitz; videography, editing, & effects by Keith Chandler Jr.; exhibit design by Brittany Loesch; costumes by Jennifer Paar; technical advisors: Mike Taylor and Dr. Stelios Sidiroglou-Doukos.

Praise for The Operating Theater:

"Flat! was written by a committee of 11, but you would never know it from the consistency of the writing-proudly silly and prurient, broadly satirical and filled with sensationalistic gags that would shock your grandmother."

-Jason Zinoman, The New York Times

"The Operating Theater have consistently staged some of the cleverest, best-produced multimedia performance-based theater in the last five years."

-Tom Murrin, Paper Magazine

"Actor/writer Jason Schuler plays the titular decaying hippie with just the right mix of satire and affection... the spoof never sinks into cliché, and the comedy of errors that ensnares his strung-out family is funnier than a barrel of nitrous oxide."
-John Del Signore, Gothamist

Performance Schedule:

Running Time: 75 minutes; reservations encouraged
Thursday, October 22 -exhibitions begin at 7pm

Friday, October 23 -exhibitions begin at 7pm

Saturday, October 24 -exhibitions begin at 7pm

Sunday, October 25-exhibitions begin at 2pm

Wednesday, October 28 -exhibitions begin at 7pm

Thursday, October 29 -exhibitions begin at 7pm

Friday, October 30 -exhibitions begin at 7pm

Saturday, October 31-exhibitions begin at 7pm

Location:

The Oracle, presented by The Operating Theater, plays at The Brick (579 Metropolitan Ave at Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) L train to Lorimer stop / G train Metropolitan stop.

More info at: http://bricktheater.com/ http://www.mysteriousoracle.com/

Tickets: $25

2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats

Best Sound Design - Top 3

1. Adam Fisher - The Lost Boys

38.7% of votes

2. Tony Gayle - Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

12.6% of votes

3. Walter Trarbach - Schmigadoon!

7% of votes

Vote Now! View Live Stats