Photo by Leah Huete
THIS IS HAPPENSTANCE THEATER'S 20th YEAR.
COME SEE US AS WE ENTER OUR ROARING 20s!
2026 SCHEDULE
BAROCOCO
Baltimore Theatre Project
45 West Preston St. | Baltimore MD 21201
10/29 - 11/15
"...it’s a tasty little eat-the-rich hors d’oeuvre." - TimeOut NY
BAROCOCO is a collaboratively devised ensemble work in which Happenstance Theater portrays oblivious entitlement on the brink of extinction. This timely reflection on history is a physical comedy dive into the late Baroque and flaunts 18th century finery, wigs, panniers, gestural styling, elaborate ornamentation and the excesses of Rococo.
The characters navigate dangerous curves of manners and the Age of Enlightenment from the exquisite to the revolting. Happenstance has great fun puncturing one percent pomposity and presents the poignant possibility of change.
Featuring Stephanie Baird, Gwen Grastorf, Mark Jaster, Sabrina Mandell, Sarah Olmsted Thomas and Alex Vernon.
This run has been generously sponsored by Carolyn & Dan Matthews
JUXTAPOSE | A Theatrical Shadow Box
Leila Gordon Theatre
2310 Colts Neck Rd. | Reston VA 20191
12/20
JUXTAPOSE is set in a magical-realist tenement building
occupied by four eccentric characters trying to co-exist during the sixth mass extinction. Their lives are interrupted and illuminated
by a human shooting star who arrives through their roof.
Featuring
Gwen Grastorf, Mark Jaster, Sabrina Mandell,
Sarah Olmsted Thomas and Alex Vernon
Happenstance Theater is a resident company
at Baltimore Theatre Project and a Co-Op Company in Residence at 59E59 Theaters in NYC
