KEXP
Sonic Travelogue
June 25–26, 2021
The Uptown Arts and Culture Coalition and Metropolitan Market invite you to join KEXP for an On the Boards Drive-In sonic journey around the world!
Season
20/21 Season
Past Events
Artist-in-Residence: Benjamin Hunter
June 3, 2021
Where do we go for peace of mind? How do we navigate our truths with the truths of others?
Virtually Spectacular: MARS | PERSEVERANCE
May 20, 2021
The last year presented numerous challenges. We have all been called upon to develop creative problem solving, teamwork, and new kinds of determination- PERSEVERANCE. On the Boards has taken this chaotic opportunity to explore, create new w
James Allister Sprang
Aquifer of the Hum + Aquifer of the Ducts
May 15–16, 2021
Philadelphia-based multidisciplinary artist James Allister Sprang’s Aquifer of the Hum is a 10-minute sound meditation.
Raja Feather Kelly
HYSTERIA
May 6, 2021
Raja Feather Kelly continues his study of pop culture and its displacement of queer Black subjectivity.
Drive-In at On the Boards with the Henry Art Gallery
May 1–15, 2021
On the Boards and the Henry Art Gallery are pleased to co-present a screening series.
Adrienne Truscott
Embracing Problem Work or “Failure” as a Feminist Act and Education
April 29, 2021
Join Truscott as she gives a performance lecture about a show that has caused her nothing but trouble—from the humorously banal to the deeply consequential, both personally and professionally.
Javaad Alipoor
Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran
April 8–18, 2021
Combining digital theatre and a live Instagram feed, viewers will scroll backwards through time to learn the story of two kids who are driving too fast.
attend the opening by Kristen Kosmas
April 1 – November 30, 2021
Image description: A brown envelope with the words “attend the opening” hand stenciled in pencil in large letters.
Salvage Exchange: on sustaining
March 21–31, 2021
An experiment in community care, shared embodiment, and decentralized learning.
600 HIGHWAYMEN
A Thousand Ways (Part Two): An Encounter
March 4–14, 2021
You and a stranger meet on opposite ends of a table, separated by a pane of glass. Using a script and a few simple objects, a simple exercise of working together becomes an experience of profound connection with another person.
Salvage Exchange
Mutual Aid: Imperfect People Doing Imperfect Work
February 26, 2021
Image Description: From the sky’s perspective, looking down to a field of long green grass, strips of bedsheets have been braided and laid onto the ground in the shape of a hexagon.
600 HIGHWAYMEN
A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call
February 4–14, 2021
On a simple phone call, you and another audience member – nameless strangers to one another – follow a carefully crafted set of directives. Over the course of the journey, a portrait of each other emerges through fleeting moments of exposur
Minna Lee, Andrew Schneider, Fox Whitney, and You
Acting Stranger
January 26, 2021
“It speaks to that loneliness, but it also speaks to the intense care people still have for people they don't know in the midst of all this.”- Fox Whitney, Crosscut
zoe | juniper
Works in Progress at OtB: the other shore
December 9, 2020
Works in Progress at OtB: the other shore, by zoe | juniper Wednesday, December 9, 6 pm
Henry Art Gallery & OtB present a film series in the On the Boards parking lot
December 4–6, 2020
DRIVE-IN AT ON THE BOARDS PARKING LOT CURATED BY THE HENRY ART GALLERY
The Future Is 0: A Benefit For On The Boards
October 22, 2020
A weird and wild benefit fundraiser for On the Boards, hosted by The Future is 0.
Drive-In at On the Boards Parking Lot
October 1–4, 2020
This four-night screening series features a variety of artists, a wide range of techniques, diverse considerations about art and performance, shapeshifting objects as beings, and the creative futures we are dreaming about.
Postponed
600 Highwaymen
A Thousand Ways
September 9 – November 22, 2020
FROM ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ACCLAIMED THEATER COMPANIES, A PERFORMANCE IN THREE PARTS ABOUT COMMUNION, DISTANCE, AND RECONNECTION.