Crowded Fire Theater

SHIPPING & HANDLING

By Star Finch
Directed by Lisa Marie Rollins and Leigh Rondon-Davis
August 10 - September 7, 2024

Shipping & Handling is a theatrical experience constructed as a night out at the theatre told in reverse. The playwright shuffles chronology in order to scramble our historical expectations around Black plays, and unmap our limited vision of a future AI world. Are creations always a reflection of their creator? Can an AI bear witness to divine prophecy? Shipping & Handling seeks to transmit a signal for locating the tone of what it means to be human in this specific moment, and collectively reimagine our future design.

A revolutionary world premiere from Crowded Fire & Campo Santo’s Playwright In Residence, Star Finch, Shipping & Handling explores how our humanity will be measured within the soon to be robotic-reality. As an audience member, you’ll start at a moment in time and move back; from an afterparty with actors, to a playwright’s experimental talkback, to the performance of the play you’ve been hearing all about, a surreal and beautiful future vision from a Black Feminine gaze.

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Run Time: 2 hours, with a 10 minute intermission

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Content & Sensory Advisories: Shipping & Handling incorporates pulsing & color changing lights, loud sounds, use of herbal cigarettes, references to the transatlantic slave trade and violence, as well as the sound of a security alarm. Sunglasses and earplugs will be available in the lobby for anyone sensitive to light or noise.

Tickets prices vary from $20 (community price) to $95 (true cost).

We want to be transparent about how much theater costs–please pay what you are able!–but ticket price shouldn't keep you from coming out.

All tickets are the same, all seats are General Admission. If you have any access needs, or would like to bring a group, please contact the box office at boxoffice@crowdedfire.org.

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All Previews = Pay What You Can! (Online purchase minimum $5)
Walk-up tickets also available -- email boxoffice@crowdedfire.org to check availability the day before the performance.

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If the community ticket is out of reach for you right now, please reach out ot us at boxoffice@crowdedfire.org to receive a NOTAFLOF ticket.

Alternatively, you can arrive 30 minutes before any given performance and request a pay-what-you-can ticket from our box office representative. We try to keep at least 6 tickets available for walk-ins.

Questions? Visit our Box Office Page or email Soluna at boxoffice@crowdedfire.org, and they'll be happy to assist you!