Theatre

May 01—18, 2025

Utopian Hotline

Presented by ArtsEmerson & Museum of Science / from USA

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“The piece begins as a guided meditation on the future but reveals itself to be, quite unexpectedly, an understated yet engrossing essayistic musical on a variety of scientific mysterie —the first of several subtle surprises.”

— The New Yorker

When a legendary Planetarium becomes a theater, the results are out of this world.

Inspired by the NASA Voyager mission—which launched a golden record of the sounds of Earth into space in 1977—this incredible, innovative journey into the cosmos asks the urgent question: how would you envision a more perfect future?

Using real voicemails, experimental, original music, and spectacular visuals projected onto the Museum of Science’s Planetarium, Brooklyn’s Theater Mitu creates a one-of-a-kind experience unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Utopian Hotline is a new vision for the future—our future.

Ready to reach for the stars? Call 646-694-8050 to leave YOUR message for the Utopian Hotline and then secure your spot inside this spring’s most unique theatrical experience in Boston and beyond.

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Venue

Museum of Science, Planetarium
1 Museum Of Science Driveway, Boston, MA 02114

Dates

May 01, 2025 - May 18, 2025

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Note: Due to limited seating, we are unable to offer Group Discounts for Utopian Hoitline

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Artists

Company

Theater Mitu

Founded in 1997, Theater Mitu has earned a wide reputation as an adventuresome and dynamic ensemble of artists. Under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director Rubén Polendo, the Company is committed to challenging the parameters of theater research and practice. Theater Mitu’s work is situated in the tension between acting and performance, theatrical design and installation, multi-media and interactive technology. Their practice investigates trans-global performance; interdisciplinary collaborative models; the performativity of non-violence; the geopolitics of objects; contemporary mythology; artist training, ritual and the sacred. Its considerable body of work has taken on a variety of forms: developmental and production work with some of the world’s leading theatrical innovators, research and pedagogical work with renowned universities and conservatories, engagement with non-theatrical communities, and international trainings and research initiatives with leaders in the field.

Presented by

ArtsEmerson & Museum Of Science

Produced in association with

Octopus Theatricals

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“It is a walk through the abstract ideas of time and space”

— Holli Harms, Front Row Center

“Theater MITU is what conceptual collaborative creative theater is all about”

— Holli Harms, Front Row Center

“Part sci-fi call center, part group therapy for those who long to connect, Utopian Hotline was a meditative and soothing experience…with the atmosphere so calming I didn’t want to leave”

— Asya Gorovits

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