Who we are
At Forge Theater Labs, we believe that theater is a living, evolving art form—one that must be heated, reshaped, and reforged to remain vital.
OUR WORK IS forged in the fire of FREEDOM—the freedom to experiment, TO QUESTION CONVENTION, AND create BOLD, DYNAMIC theatrical experiences THAT REFLECT THE WORLD AROUND US.
FORGE THEATER LABS SEASON 0
OUR comedic podcast series THAT explorES THEATER HISTORY, INNOVATIONS IN THEATER, AND PERSPECTIVES ON ITS PRACTICE.
PART SCRIPTED, PART ROUNDTABLE, PART EDITORIAL, ALWAYS LIVE.
COMING LIVE TO PORTLAND, MAINE SPRING 2025
STREAMING EVERYWHERE FALL 2025
UPCOMING EVENTS
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THE INESCAPABLE PLOT AND KEVIN BACON
4.13.25 7:00 PM, 9:00 PM
8:00 PM Talkbacks
Light Manufacturing, Cassidy Point, Portland ME
Written by Joshua N Hsu, Rachel Price Cooper, and Maya Williams.
We meet Aristotle and explore the inescapability of Aristotelian notions of plot and Kevin Bacon in storytelling.
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BACK TO THE GREEKS: LYSISTRATA EDITION
4.26.25 7:00 PM, 9:00 PM
8:00 PM Talkbacks
Light Manufacturing, Cassidy Point, Portland ME
Written by Alicia Tycer
Doc Brown arrives from the past to our dystopian future to bring us back to Ancient Greece to speak to the basis for Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Lysimache, and explore how to use theater for good in "unprecedented" times.
Presented as part of THE CIRCULAR SERIES
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DANGEROUS ART: PLATO VERSUS SIDNEY
4.27.25 7:00 PM, 9:00 PM
8:00 PM Talkbacks
LIght Manufacturing,
Cassidy Point, Portland ME
Written by Andrew J. Henkes
We throw down with Plato and Sidney to learn what constitutes “Dangerous Art” and the effects of the stories we tell.
Maybe one of us is a Cylon after all.
Presented as part of THE CIRCULAR SERIES
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