JUXTAPOSE | A Theatrical Shadow Box at Happenstance Theater

In JUXTAPOSE, the lives of eccentrics co-existing in a tenement building are interrupted and illuminated by a human shooting star who arrives through their roof. Themes of mortality, ephemera, extinction, and community are animated along with curated objects in a theatrical shadow box inspired by the works of assemblage artist Joseph Cornell and the films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie). As humanity teeters on the edge of the frame, JUXTAPOSE offers audiences the ability to laugh at fear and offers that the limitless hope of imagination might save us from the despair of ending. 

We started creating this show in 2019. When the pandemic shut everything down we pivoted and turned it into an Interactive Theatri-Virtual Web Experience called JUXTAPOSE TENEMENT (Still available to visit HERE). 

Now, it finally gets its full realization for the stage. 

Featuring

Gwen Grastorf, Mark Jaster, Sabrina Mandell, Sarah Olmsted Thomas, Alex Vernon

With sound design by Madeline Oslejsek 

WHERE:  

JOE’S MOVEMENT EMPORIUM

3309 Bunker Hill Road

Mt. Rainier MD 20712

WHEN:     

Thursday, May 15 @ 7:30pm

Friday, May 16 @ 7:30pm

Saturday, May 17 @ 2pm & 7:30pm

Sunday, May 18 @ 2pm

*Tuesday, May 20 @ 7:30pm – Industry Night

Thursday, May 22 @ 7:30pm

Friday, May 23 @ 7:30pm

Saturday, May 24 @ 2pm & 7:30pm

Sunday, May 25 @ 2pm