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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 BESSY BELL AND MARY GRAY: August 20-29
THE UNJUSTLY CENSORED REVENGE OF TALLIE ROBICHAUX, GENTLEWOMAN WITCH: October 22-31
THE YULE CAT, December 10-19
American Mythology, According to Staunton
Our Community-Sourced Meditation on our history, and what it means to be American.
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We've interviewed some incredibly generous members of our community, we've taken an honest look at some of the myths that make up the fiber of our national heritage, we've laughed at some of the ridiculousness, we've been humbled by our stories, and we've created a performance piece for the two hundred fiftieth birthday of a country.
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This performance will borrow from stock characters and physical clowns of the commedia dell'arte, and feature shadow puppets and recorded interviews. Celebrate and contemplate with us!
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June 25, 26, 27
July 2, 3, 4
7pm
Staunton Augusta Art Center
20 S. New Street, Staunton
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.​
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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.
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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.