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Ship of Fools: Saturday Show

By murmurs | Published: August 9, 2010
Chthonic Theater will debut its second original musical theater piece, ‘The Ship of Fools’, written by Chloe Tietjen on August 14th. Doors open at 8:00pm with live music and refreshments Show begins at 9:00pm *this is a short show so please come early read more...
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Harlequin Inspiration

By Analisa | Published: August 5, 2010
The three main characters of The Ship of Fools comment, critique and at times disrupt the story as it moves along. They also manipulate the Fools, be they in mask or puppet form. These roles are modeled after 3 archetypal characters read more...
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The Real Ship of Fools

By Chloe | Published: July 30, 2010
“(The Ship of Fools) had a genuine existence, for they really did exist, these boats that drifted from one town to another with their senseless cargo. An itinerant existence was often the lot of the mad…They were often entrusted to read more...
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In Praise of Folly

By Chloe | Published: July 19, 2010
“The vain spectacle, the frivolous sounds and the maelstrom of noise and colour that make up the world is only ever the world of madness, and that must be accepted. This artificiality of the world must be welcomed, and the read more...
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Jingletown Solstice Parade 2010

By murmurs | Published: June 24, 2010
On Sunday, June 13th, Chthonic Theater welcomed friends in the warehouse to prepare for a wild parade through Jingletown during the last day of Open Studios. Jingletown Solstice Parade 2010 from Paul Wong on Vimeo. Video by Paul Wong shot on Super read more...
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T-Sisters at Bluesix San Francisco June 20th

By murmurs | Published: June 20, 2010
Join us for an acoustic concert at the intimate speakeasy, Bluesix, in San Francisco’s Mission district. (3043 24th st. @ Treat st.) Show starts at 9:00pm The other acts are Gwyneth & Monko, Drew Victor and Passanger and Pilot. More event info here…
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T-Sisters at Irish Monkey Cellars

By murmurs | Published: June 15, 2010
We are happy to be returning for our fourth stint at the Irish Monkey Cellars this time we will be accompanied by Ramsey “Pa” Tietjen on electric blues guitar and our great friend Isaac Puglia on hand drum. ‘Wine read more...
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June Variety Show

By murmurs | Published: June 9, 2010
Variety Show: 9-11pm Featured Act: Quinn DeVeaux and the Blue Beat Review starts after the Variety Show The Theme for this show is come “Hang Out To Dry”, it has been a long winter and the sun has come out to play read more...
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Ball Drop 2010

By murmurs | Published: May 10, 2010
With nothing better to do on New Years day 2010 than to have an extravagant group craft, many willing participants set out to create a giant paper mache ball.
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Chthonic Theater Winter Parade 2009

By murmurs | Published: January 24, 2010
Winter 2009, Chthonic Theater had their first parade around Jingletown. We constructed some paper mache masks for the event as well as a paper mache “creature” to ride. The parade went singing through the neighborhood during the winter open read more...
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