Articles Tagged With: Happenstance Theater

Adrift: A Medieval Wayward Folly by Happenstance Theater ???? L Hewitt Photography

Adrift at Happenstance Theater

Reviews February 24, 2024 Amanda N. Gunther

As above— so below. From the profoundly deep to the oddly absurd, Adrift: A Medieval Wayward Folly, the latest live stage performance from Happenstance Theater, has it all. And also a strawberry. Appearing for a limited two-weekend engagement at Baltimore Theatre Project, this newly devised work comes the masterminds of Mark Jaster, Sabrina Mandell, Gwen Grastorf, Sarah Olmsted Thomas, and Alex Vernon, with their inspirations set ‘adrift’ on stage from the works of Hieronymus Bosch (amongst others) and will fill you with an oddly enlightened sense of wonderment,

(L to R) Alex Vernon, Gwen Grastorf, Mark Jaster, Sabrina Mandell, and Sarah Olmsted Thomas in BrouHaHa.

BrouHaHa at Happenstance Theater

Reviews November 1, 2021 Amanda N. Gunther

Is this the end? A deep and troublesome question that a great many found themselves asking for many, many unending months as a global pandemic forced all signs of life as we know it to cease. In a thrilling and curiously strange, wondrously curious, and uniquely— well, Happenstance— piece of theatre, which pre-dates the global Covid-19 pandemic, BrouHaHa comes to the stage foreshadowing an existential apocalypse of sorts. A Happenstance Theater collaborative production,

Review: Cabaret Macabre: The Return Visit at Happenstance Theater

Reviews November 3, 2016 Amanda N. Gunther

Like an old friend autumn greats Baltimore with its crisp chilly nights, its darkened spirits and shades of Halloween, and its spine-tingling tales of doom and gloom. So too does Happenstance Theater great its faithful followers on its annual return to Baltimore Theatre Project. Cabaret Macabre: The Return Visit materializes from the theatrical ether to haunt, mesmerize, and enchant its audience, both newcomers and fond friends. A living theatrical collage of macabre inspiration in fluid,

Review: Moxie at Happenstance Theater

Reviews July 5, 2016 Amanda N. Gunther

A quick glance to a dictionary— or in our technologically adept modern day world, Merriam-Webster’s website— reveals the simple definition of the word Moxie to be: the ability to be active; courage or determination. And by golly, if Happenstance Theater doesn’t have the ability to be active and have plenty of courage and determination, I’ll eat my hat! Presenting, as only Happenstance Theater can, a theatrical collage of movement, mystery, marvel, and magic: Moxie: A Happenstance Vaudeville comes to the main stage of Round House Theatre this summer to delight,

Review: BrouHaHa at Happenstance Theater

Reviews May 8, 2016 Amanda N. Gunther

Is this the place?

Let me check. The map says Baltimore Theatre Project and the ticket says Happenstance Theater— this is the place! The place where imaginative engagement meets clowning around, there place where BrouHaHa happens! A fluid convergence of bodily poetry and auditory movement, this episodic clownesque escapade devised by the ensemble is making its Baltimore debut. Inspired by Samuel Beckett, and a treasury of footage from inspiring films like La Strada and The Seventh Seal as well as Edwardian works and the imagery of refugees escaping on foot,

(L to R) Happenstance Theater Company's Cabaret Noir featuring Karen Hansen, Sabrina Mandell, Mark Jaster, Alex Vernon, Sarah Olmsted Thomas, and Gwen Grastorf

Review: Cabaret Noir at Happenstance Theater

Reviews October 31, 2015 Amanda N. Gunther

Meaning is often found by happenstance. If you should be seeking a meaningful theatrical experience for the spooky autumnal season, look no further than Happenstance Theater as they take to the stage of the Baltimore Theatre Project with their newest work, Cabaret Noir. Described by the company as ‘A Film Noir Inspired Theatrical Montage,’ Cabaret Noir rides in on the successful coattails of the last several years work, Cabaret Macabre.