Robopocalypse: the Musical!

by Puppeteers for Fears

October 27 @ 7:30pm
Starker Auditorium
Tickets: $14-16

Banks. Bridges. Cars. Artificial intelligence will be running all of them before long. But what happens when it all goes wrong?

Hilarity ensues, complete with singing puppets.

Since 2015, Ashland's Puppeteers for Fears have electrified audiences and sold out venues in every major market on the west coast with innovative and hilarious takes on mummies, werewolves, serial killers, sasquatches, UFOs, cosmic horror, and more. But for the big bad of their next show, they move from the supernatural to the completely-plausible: the technology we create that could one day replace us.

Jolie Daniels, teen hacker extraordinaire, tries to build a sentient robot for the school science fair as a means to reconnect with her father (who is still reeling from the death of Jolie’s mother) but she accidentally births a malevolent artificial intelligence in the process that she alone has the ability to stop—if she can avoid the army of self-driving cars and web-connected smart gadgets that the A.I. has weaponized against her that is.

But this is a Puppeteers for Fears show, which means all that havoc plays out in song, and those songs are all 1980s-style synthpop that will have audiences struggling to stay in their seats instead of getting up to dance.

Two years in the making, Robopocalypse: the Musical!, is the biggest show Puppeteers for Fears has ever done, with a new cast of hand-and-rod puppets, 13 new songs written and performed on analog synthesizers by a live band, and fully immersive digital backdrops that allow the show to take place both in virtual reality, and IRL. It's got singing puppets, Minnesotan robots, talking cars, rap battles, the cast of Friends.... everything!

Equal parts Neuromancer, Max Headroom, and Liam Lynch, Robopocalypse: the Musical! is the cyberpunk puppet extravaganza you never knew you needed until now.

NOTE: Attendees should be aware that though this is a puppet show, it is NOT a children's show. The material is R-rated, and children should be brought only at parent's discretion.

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Tickets:
Adults: $16
Seniors/Students: $14

Please be advised that we might re-sell tickets to people on a waiting list if/when we reach sold out capacity. There is no late seating.

Parking may be difficult to find, so please be sure to come early to avoid losing your seat.

Refunds will only be applied for canceled performances.

A $2 processing fee will be added to all tickets purchased online. To avoid this, purchase tickets at the Majestic Box Office in person or by phone 541-738-7469.

$5 Corvallis Arts For All tickets will be available for Oregon Trail Card holders. Limited to 2 tickets per person and must be purchased in person at the Majestic Theatre Box Office.