{"id":352772,"date":"2026-09-21T20:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352772\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T20:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:26:10","slug":"wordless-wonder-broken-box-mime-theater-brings-sci-fi-myth-to-clinton-hill-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352772\/","title":{"rendered":"Wordless wonder: Broken Box Mime Theater brings sci-fi \u2018MYTH\u2019 to Clinton Hill \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

A local theater company is taking audiences to an alien world this fall \u2014 all without saying a word. <\/p>\n

Broken Box Mime Theater<\/a> will debut \u201cMYTH,\u201d its first evening-length production, at JACK in Clinton Hill<\/a> from Sept. 25 through Oct. 18. The 65-minute, no-intermission performance uses mime, movement and speculative fiction to explore how people remember, rewrite and forget the histories. <\/p>\n

Directed by Broken Box Artistic Director Becky Baumwoll, \u201cMYTH\u201d follows two unlikely lovers living in an idyllic village on a foreign planet with two moons. Their discovery sets off a story about ancestry, memory and the ways the past can shape the present. <\/p>\n

The performance is performed entirely without spoken language by a seven-member ensemble of Broken Box veterans: Baumwoll, Ismarl Castillo, Julia Cavagna, Tia Cassmira, Duane Cooper, Deniz Erzaim and Marissa Molnar. <\/p>\n

\"\"Organizers at Broken Box said the show is meant to bridge the origins of pantomime while combining contemporary influences.Photo by Bjorn Bolinder<\/p>\n

The show also features an original score by Jack McGuire, who will perform the music live. <\/p>\n

Baumwoll said that as the \u201conly ensemble mime company of our kind in the U.S,\u201d Broken Box Mime Theater strives to honor the past while making it fit present-day themes. <\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019MYTH is inspired by the pull between welcoming ancestral wisdom and healing from ancestral trauma,\u201d she continued. \u201cAs America washes away our history, we want to create a fable that digs into what that censorship does to the body.\u201d <\/p>\n

The production is designed to introduce longtime mime fans and newcomers to the art form. Audience members who are new to mime can arrive 30 minutes before a performance for an informal introduction to the visual language and techniques used in \u201cMYTH,\u201d led by a company member. <\/p>\n

\"\"Each performance is followed by an informal conversation with performers.Photo by Bjorn Bolinder<\/p>\n

Every performance will also be followed by a \u201cSip N\u2019 Chat,\u201d allowing audience members to have tea, cookies and conversation with members of Broken Box.<\/p>\n

The company will host several affinity nights throughout the run, each followed by a post-show conversation between members of the cast and a guest working in the featured community.<\/p>\n

The lineup includes Dancer Night on Sept. 28, Activist Night on Oct. 2, Deaf Night on Oct. 3, Industry Night on Oct. 5, Teacher Night on Oct. 9 and Global Night on Oct. 10. ASL interpretation will be provided before and after the Oct. 3 performance.<\/p>\n

\"\"The show \u201ctransports audiences to a foreign planet with two moons.\u201dPhoto by Bjorn Bolinder<\/p>\n

Accessibility is also built into the production. All performances welcome audience vocalization, and a Relaxed Performance will be held Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. for individuals with disabilities and parents with very young children. During that performance, the house lights will remain on at a low level and the lobby door will stay open.<\/p>\n

\u201cMYTH\u201d is recommended for audiences ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n

The production\u2019s creative team includes lighting designer Yang Yu and production stage manager Alex Church-Gonzales.<\/p>\n

Performances will take place at JACK, located at 20 Putnam Ave., on Mondays and Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 for general admission, $45 for reserved seating and $15 for students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A local theater company is taking audiences to an alien world this fall \u2014 all without saying a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[36354,131619,98,23161,10454,100,99,34490,4308,131620,131621,42147,131622,131623,9,24,63,5281,131624,131625],"class_list":["post-352772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-accessibility","tag-broken-box-mime-theater","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-arts","tag-brooklyn-events","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-brooklyn-theater","tag-clinton-hill","tag-contemporary-theater","tag-jack-brooklyn","tag-live-theater","tag-mime-theater","tag-myth","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-performing-arts","tag-physical-theater","tag-speculative-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}