Dead as a Dodo

directed by Gwendolyn Warnock and Kirjan Waage
written by Gwendolyn Warnock and Kirjan Waage
with help from the ensemble  
‍October 30 – November 9, 2025 in the Pamela Brown Auditorium

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Overview

Take a journey through the underworld, a dark realm filled with glittering light and mystery where the dead are very much alive. In this fantastical adventure infused with astonishing puppetry, humor, music, and magical visual effects, two skeleton friends, a dodo and a boy, are drawn into the epic battle between existence and extinction as they fight to stay together. Experience this mesmerizing odyssey from the Obie Award-winning company Wakka Wakka, international leaders in stretching the boundaries of theatrical imagination.

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Dead as a Dodo

Dead as a Dodo

Take a journey through the underworld, a dark realm filled with glittering light and mystery where the dead are very much alive. In this fantastical adventure infused with astonishing puppetry, humor, music, and magical visual effects, two skeleton friends, a dodo and a boy, are drawn into the epic battle between existence and extinction as they fight to stay together. Experience this mesmerizing odyssey from the Obie Award-winning company Wakka Wakka, international leaders in stretching the boundaries of theatrical imagination.

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directed by Gwendolyn Warnock and Kirjan Waage
written by Gwendolyn Warnock and Kirjan Waage
with help from the ensemble  
‍October 30 – November 9, 2025 in the Pamela Brown Auditorium

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Dates and Tickets

Oct 30, 2025 - Nov 09, 2025
Dead as a Dodo
Thu
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October 30, 2025
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
30
Fri
,
October 31, 2025
6:00 pm
6:00 pm
30
Fri
,
October 31, 2025
9:30 pm
9:30 pm
30
Sat
,
November 1, 2025
2:00 pm
2:00 pm
30
Sat
,
November 1, 2025
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
30
Sun
,
November 2, 2025
2:00 pm
2:00 pm
30
Fri
,
November 7, 2025
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
30
Sat
,
November 8, 2025
7:00 pm
7:00 pm
30
Sun
,
November 9, 2025
2:00 pm
2:00 pm
30

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* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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Production contains stage weapons, staged physical violence, intimate partner violence, suicide, and depictions of blood.

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