Handle with Care A theater performance in a box
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Handle with Care is a theater performance in a box. No actors, no technicians. Just a box. And you.
A box is mailed to the theater. The instructions are clear: Invite a group of people on a specific night, at a specific time. Let the audience take their seats. Place the box at the center of the stage. The audience is waiting. Then an audience member stands up and opens the box. The show has started.
In Handle with Care, theater performance group Ontroerend Goed puts you in control. They provide the structure; you shape the experience. Choose your role—take the lead or observe as others make choices that steer the performance in unexpected directions. Together, you create a shared experience filled with reflections on time, transience, and togetherness. And don’t worry—there are no wrong choices in Handle with Care. You’ve got this.
For one hour, you’ll live something unique, fleeting, and unrepeatable. Here. Now. Together. No one is watching. What is yours stays yours. Take good care of it.
Intended for audiences ages 14+.
About Ontroerend Goed
Belgian theater company Ontroerend Goed (a pun, roughly “Feel Estate”) creates self-devised work that invites audiences to participate as well as observe, and is known for being unpredictable in both content and form. Emerging internationally in 2007 with The Smile Off Your Face, the company has won numerous prizes across Europe and toured worldwide, with remakes of its productions in languages including Russian, Mandarin, and Kazakh. Led by artistic director Alexander Devriendt, the collective builds intense experiences that question how we position ourselves in the world today.
Sponsorship for MASS MoCA’s winter theater productions is provided by J. H. Maxymillian, Inc.