Content Guide for Season 17 Productions
Amélie - October 3-November 10, 2024
The following elements and effects appear in this production:
- Moments with haze effects.
- Moments with strobe effects.
- Cuss words/profane language spoken in French.
- Projected animations that include a sperm wiggling into an egg and a neon pole dancer.
- Several scenes where there is a smoke shop on stage, with cigars and cigarettes for sale, though none are ever smoked.
- One scene that takes place in a sex shop where sex toys are prominently displayed – including an anatomically realistic dildo.
- No explicit sexual acts are depicted on stage, but the show contains a couple of instances of characters vocally imitating orgasms and other sounds of lovemaking – in a humorous way.
- In the story, Amélie's mother is killed by a person who takes their own life by jumping off of a building. This moment is treated humorously in the show.
A Christmas Carol - November 26-December 29, 2024
The following elements and effects appear in this production:
- Haze effects used throughout the show.
- Moments with strobe effects.
- Loud and startling noises.
- Discussion of death.
- Ghost characters who bring fear with their appearance.
- Representations of bullying.
Notes From the Field - February 19-March 30, 2025
The following elements are part of this production:
- Potentially triggering topics such as:
- police violence
- racial profiling
- mass incarceration
- youth crime
- physical violence
- Verbatim accounts from people directly impacted by the issues noted above, which include (but are not limited to) frank descriptions and depictions of:
- racial violence
- police brutality
- incarceration
- trauma related to the criminal justice system
- Instances of insensitive language:
- mention of rape
- mention of molestation
- mentions of other forms of sexual violence
- Discussions of oppressive social narratives
*We recognize that the language used above may also be harmful to some, but we aim to be as transparent as possible in the interest of caring for our audiences and our community.
Joe Turner's Come and Gone - April 30-June 8, 2025
These details coming in the Spring of 2025.
