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2026: Season 3
AMERICAN MYTHS
RHINOCOSAURUS REX: April 16-20
TANGLEROOT: May 28-June 6
AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY, ACCORDING TO STAUNTON: June 25-July 4
THE CHIMERICAL BALLAD OF BETSY BELL AND MARY GRAY: August 20-29
THE YULE CAT, December 3-12
THE UNJUSTLY CENSORED REVENGE OF TALLIE ROBICHAUX, GENTLEWOMAN WITCH: February 2027
Join The Off Center for our puppet theatre homage to
those Holiday Christmas Specials of the 1980's, with original claymation.
In Iceland there's a folk tale of a cat with very
large eyes.
And very sharp teeth, of the most ginormous size.
And if you don't wear new clothes on Christmas day,
The Yule Cat will catch you and gobble you away.
Alister is a sensitive, complicated man.
Dejected, depressed, and divorced.
Like many of us, he's had a rough 2026.
But sometimes, when the kindness of humans may
refuse to,
The universe may allow a cat to choose you.
Not appropriate for all ages. Irreverent depictions of violence, some mild profanity.
December 3, 4, 5, 10,11,12 at 7pm
Queen City Music Studios, 2nd Floor
Donate to the Off Center
In just three years, The Off Center has become a vibrant member of Staunton's cultural landscape. We seek to bring Staunton thought-provoking, evocative experimental puppetry and visually playful performance.
We're a growing company, quickly outgrowing our terra cotta planter. Help us expand in a sustainable way. Donations help keep our ticket prices affordable for all of the community.
We are an ensemble-based company. Our core members are accomplished artists from various disciplines who have dedicated their lives to their craft. Help us continue to offer them compensation for their work. Become our patron, and make our work possible.
The Off Center's Mission
The Off Center is a Staunton, Virginia based organization that brings people of every background together to experience curious stories and experiences. We believe in the intrinsic value of gathering and exploring thoughts that we’ve never thought. We encourage novelty and disruption. Discovery is a basic human need. We seek to fill it.
The work that we create and support is off center, inviting participants to see something askew, possibly something previously unconsidered, maybe something uncommon or even disquieting. An aslant view, we believe, brings us all together as community, welcoming our quirky and genuine selves.