When: March 21 — April 14
Where: Open Eye Figure Theatre, 506 E 24th St, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Price: $15–24; 13+
Tags: #spooky, #interactive, #puppets, #mystery, #museum, #ContentAdvisory (see below)
Welcome to Beldenville, Maine, where townsfolk scoff at the legend of a troll who lives in the old train tunnel — until one dark night a child vanishes and is never seen again. This new Open Eye premiere is an imaginative, visually rich theatre piece that uses live actors, puppetry, and a wild array of animated objects to explore the uncanny events occurring in a small town, and how the inhabitants cope with a troublesome stranger in their midst.
The audience assumes the role of detective, sifting through the conflicting memories of townspeople who share stories of a peculiar village boy who may or may not have been a Changeling — a troll-child left behind to impersonate a kidnapped human.
Mythic, mysterious, and full of frights and laughs, THE BELDENVILLE TROLL is a modern fable about a childhood’s end, and adulthood’s beginning.
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Contact Level: None
Content Advisories: Appropriate for teens, but with some adult language and scary images.
Experience is accessible. Contact Open Eye at audienceservices@openeyetheatre.org or (612) 874–6338 for accessibility information, reserving accessible seating, or making an ASL reservation.
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