Babylon: Journeys of Refugees

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Dates:	Thu, Fri, Sat from 1/24/19 - 1/26/19
Hours:	Hours Vary see below
Ages:	Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$$ see below
Category:	Theater & Shows

by Sandglass Theater, Vermont

BABYLON: an ancient city in what is now Iraq.

Its ruins lie 59 miles southwest of Baghdad.

This fallen mythic civilization becomes, for us, a metaphor for the destruction and destabilization that is leading much of the world into a refugee crisis of mythic proportion.

SANDGLASS THEATER’s newest touring production is a response to this crisis.

Working with the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, Sandglass Theater looked at the relationship of refugees to their homelands, lost and new.

Sandglass artists interviewed resettled refugees in order to gain first hand insight into their plight, trauma, and the challenges of resettlement.

This is a vital conversation in all communities, whether they are directly impacted by newly resettled refugees or not.

Using puppets and moving panoramic scrolls, Sandglass tells the refugees’ stories in original four-part choral songs.

The artists work with simple means, not much more than someone could carry with them as they flee.

In Babylon, the blending of actual testimony with unreal figures gives audiences a startlingly new perspective into how we can respond to the enormity of this crisis.

HOURS

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January 24 -26 (Thurs-Sat) | 8:00 pm
Saturday evening’s performance will be ASL- interpreted.

COST

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Reserved Center : $50/$40 Puppet Showplace MembersGeneral Admission: $25 / $20 membersStudent / Teen (w/ ID): $15Suffolk Community w/ ID: $10

WEBSITE

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www.puppetshowplace.org/babylon

LOCATION

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525 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02111 map
Phone: 6177316400