Get Ready for Halloween at The Umbrella

Join us this Sunday, October 22 from 2:30-5:30pm for our next Kid-Care! Parents can enjoy an afternoon of theater while their child(ren) ages 5-12 engage in art activities inspired by the season. 

Pre-registration is required and capacity is limited.

Think you have what it takes to wield the axe? Take your shot at Lizzie's pre-show axe throwing experience, brought to you by Revolution Axe Throwing! One (1) person per slot; four (4) slots per 15 minute increment. Revolution Axe staff will be on site for tutorials and tips.

The Reviews are In! (Kind of.)

How do you write a review of an enigmatic play in which part of the point is the performer and audience come together in an intense, intimate, semi-improvisatory theatrical evening, after which they mutually agree to never reveal what happens in the play (or ever perform it again)?

Well, that's been the challenge to performers, audiences and theater reviewers alike, all around the world, experiencing White Rabbit Red Rabbit, by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour.

But Michele Markarian did an admirable job in a necessarily short and sweet review for Theater Mirror after seeing Broadway veteran Mary Callanan's one-night-only performance in The Umbrella Black Box. Nimbly avoiding spoilers, she concludes, "Like a good piece of literature, White Rabbit Red Rabbit will stay with you, as will its author, whose voice is present throughout,” and closes with the teaser, "I leave you with this line: 'How often will conformity control your thoughts, my rabbits?'”

Find her full review here and other non-spoiler audience reactions on our WRRR spotlight page here.

Performances continue tonight 10/19 with Norton Award-winner Anthony Pires, Jr. (Tuck Everlasting), 10/21 with director Michelle Aguillon (Middleton Heights, Dracula) and 10/27 with director/choreographer Ilyse Robbins (Lizzie).

Dinner and a Show Thursdays with NOSH

The Umbrella Stage Company and Nosh by Concord Market have teamed up to present a season of easy Thursday nights in Concord that feed body, mind and soul! Enjoy an optional pre-ordered meal catered by Nosh to enjoy in The Umbrella's spacious Allie Kussin Art Gallery before doors open on the 7:30PM Thursday show -- currently alternating between edgy rock concert musical Lizzie and enigmatic, thought-provoking White Rabbit Red Rabbit.

After the show, why not head back to Nosh post-show for drinks, conversation and live music by Thursday night headliner singer, songwriter, poet & essayist Fitz, called “A Master of Folk” (The Boston Globe) and “An absolute treasure of American folksongs, stories and contagious charm.” (Doris Kearns’s Goodwin)

Thursday dinners can be pre-ordered online at the time of ticketing, or right up until Noon the Wednesday before the show, all season long!