Wakka Wakka Presents Dead as a Dodo
directed by Gwendolyn Warnock and Kirjan Waage
written by Gwendolyn Warnock and Kirjan Waage
with help from the ensemble
October 14 – November 1, 2026
in the Pamela Brown Auditorium
Don’t miss the return of this Halloween season hit that has dazzled grown-ups and kids alike! 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.
“From a formal perspective, it is among the most ceaselessly inventive theatre pieces I have seen in the past year….It immerses the audience in a fantastical universe—at one point, plunging underneath the fiery river Styx—thanks to outlandishly inventive puppetry, projections, lighting, and audio….The bigger story here is concerned with new beginnings, and it is told gorgeously.”
—The New York Times
Wakka Wakka Presents Dead as a Dodo
Don’t miss the return of this Halloween season hit that has dazzled grown-ups and kids alike! 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.
“From a formal perspective, it is among the most ceaselessly inventive theatre pieces I have seen in the past year….It immerses the audience in a fantastical universe—at one point, plunging underneath the fiery river Styx—thanks to outlandishly inventive puppetry, projections, lighting, and audio….The bigger story here is concerned with new beginnings, and it is told gorgeously.”
—The New York Times
directed by Gwendolyn Warnock and Kirjan Waage
written by Gwendolyn Warnock and Kirjan Waage
with help from the ensemble
October 14 – November 1, 2026
in the Pamela Brown Auditorium
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