Shows
Tickets on sale November 1st for Members and November 15th for Non-Members.
Terce: A Practical Breviary
Terce: A Practical Breviary is a radical rethinking of a monastic 9:00 AM mass and an adaptation that reimagines the face of the “Holy Spirit” through the lens of the Divine Feminine. Sung by a community choir of 30-plus women-identifying caregivers and makers, it is a wild meditation/celebration of the sacred mothers alive in all […]
January 10, 11, 12, 17-19 at 7pm | January 13 & 20 at 9am & 3pm | January 14 3pm
Tickets on sale November 1st for Members and November 15th for Non-Members.
Adoration
An adaptation of Atom Egoyan’s film of the same name, Adoration follows Simon, an orphaned high school student. As part of a dramatic writing exercise, Simon’s teacher encourages him to appropriate details from a historical terrorist attack as an event perpetrated by his parents. When his story goes viral, Simon uses the hysteria within his […]
January 11 - 21
Tickets on sale November 1st for Members and November 15th for Non-Members.
Angel Island
Between 1910 and 1940, many Chinese immigrants flowed through the immigration station on Angel Island inside San Francisco Bay, facing mass discrimination under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, with few exceptions. With music by acclaimed Chinese-American composer Huang Ruo, Angel Island revisits this chapter of American history with a poignant multimedia experience scored for voices and […]
January 11-13 at 7:30pm
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Chornobyldorf
After surviving a series of disasters, the remaining descendants of humanity find themselves in a post-societal world following the death of capitalism, opera, and philosophy. Wandering amongst the ruins of nuclear power plants, abandoned churches, theaters, and galleries, they try to recreate lost civilization through archeological performance-rituals, universal symbols, and signs which are ultimately misinterpreted […]
January 11,13, 15, 18-20 at 7pm | 14 & 21 at 6pm
Tickets on sale November 1st for Members and November 15th for Non-Members.
Malinxe
Created by Indigenous composers Autumn Chacon (Diné – Navajo/Chicana) and Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache), Malinxe is a contemporary retelling of the myth of La Llorona, or “the weeping woman.” Tracing back to 1550, La Llorona is well-known in American Southwest and Latin American cultures as a vengeful spirit who roams near bodies of water, […]
January 20 at 5pm
THIS IS A FREE OUTDOOR EVENT, NO TICKETS REQUIRED
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Box Office
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PROTO Packs
Experience all that PROTOTYPE has to offer by purchasing a standard PROTO pack for $135 and receive a 15% discount on economical seating options for 4 shows*!
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Ticket Policies
Late Seating
Due to the intimate nature of PROTOTYPE’s performances, regrettably there will be no late seating.
Refunds
Refunds cannot be granted for any reason, however, exchanges for a different showtime may be possible pending availability. Please
Student & Seniors Rush
Elementary, high school, and college students, and seniors, can get a free rush ticket to any PROTOTYPE show at HERE upon presenting valid ID. There is a limit of 1 ticket per person, and the ticket will be given out just before the House closes and the show begins. Entirely subject to availability.