Space Opera is an innovative and radical combination of tabletop roleplaying games, democratic organizing practice, and theatrical spectacle, testing your very ability to work together in order to thwart existential consequences. Planets revolt, wonders appear, governments crumble, and you roll the dice. The fate of the universe hangs in the balance!
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June 14th, 21st, and 28th of 2025 pull up a seat and see how, in adrienne marie brown's words, "science fiction is simply a way to practice the future together." Click below for important ticket info and we'll see you in orbit!
2025 Production Credits
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Director - Cat Ramirez
Stage Manager- Kel Fleming
Game Designers- John Bezark, Ari Gass, Daniel Park, Dain Saint
Performer/Facilitators- Joseph Ahmed, Matthew Armstead, KC Legacion, Sulu LeoNimm, Anthony Martinez-Briggs, Jackie Soro, Sam Rise
Production Designers- doug greene, Harbour Edney, Evelyn Langley, Taj Rauch, Dain Saint
Hospitality and Care Coordinators- Karen Orrick, Vanessa Ogbuehi, Uriah Bussey
Community Partnerships Manager- Marisol Rosa-Shapiro
Circles Administrator- Evelyn Langley
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2025 Production Info
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Space Opera will take place over three 7 hours play sessions from 12-7pm on June 14, 21, and 28, 2025.
LOCATION:
Arch Street Meeting House
302 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
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Premiere Ticket Information
Hospitality and Care Circle
Mechanics Circle
Executive Circle
Theatrical
Circle
Obvious
Agency
Space Opera is an experiment in democratic production management. In our “Circles Model”, artistic and producorial staff work with each other in a non-hierarchical system inspired by “holacracy,” a decentralized organizational structure that gives everyone involved in the production, including performers, a direct say in the high-level decisions of the piece, all the way up to budget allocation and hiring decisions.
Lead support provided by the William Penn Foundation.
Space Opera is made possible with funding by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Theater Project, with lead funding from the Mellon Foundation and additional funding from the Doris Duke Foundation.