This original rock opera is an epic live performance made by a team of emerging artists living and working in Minneapolis. The spirit of the production is experimental and sincere, and we aim to illuminate our creative communities amid the long Minnesota winter.
by Davey T Steinman and Company
Basement Creatures is a live rock opera following the journey of a subterranean explorer, featuring a stellar live band, haunting choral voices, aerial dance, and puppetry peculiarities from the underworld.
Basement Creatures will also professionally record and produce a Concept Album of Music from the show – available as a reward on this fundraising campaign!
Responses from audience members at the 2015 abridged version included:
The show originally premiered with only 3 abridged performances, with minimal rehearsal time and design elements as part of HOBT’s artist development fellowship Puppet Lab in March 2015. We received an overwhelmingly positive response and have been asked to remount an expanded version of the show for a 3-week run starting March 10th, 2016. We are excited to oblige and dive back into the Basement!
Cast:
Artistic Team:
Created by: Davey T Steinman and Company
Music by: Band of Basement Creatures
Script, Lyrics, and Direction by: Davey T Steinman
To make this all possible, we need your support in this fundraiser. The money you donate will go directly to emerging artists working on this production, and to pay for their talented work performing new music, adding scenes, and expanding design elements.
Funds are used to:
We need the funds from this campaign so that on opening night we can share with you an awesome performance. Ticket sales alone do not cover the expenses of the budget.
A central inspiration for this production is my real life basement dwelling below a hundred year old house on Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis. It’s just down the street from the theatre where we will perform.
I started writing the script and music for Basement Creatures last winter. Wintertime in Minnesota is cold and dark when the nights are long – especially in the Basement. And amid that darkness there’s a drive to connect with others, even when it’s challenging. Within the spectacle and rock ’n’ roll there are sincere characters who want friendship and love – characters who need to feed themselves and struggle to find the beauty in life underground. That’s what I see in the characters in the show, and what I see in the real world around me. There’s a longing to connect with other people in meaningful ways, especially when we live in harsh environments. That’s what this rock opera is filled with, and that’s why we’re reaching out to you, our community to help support the production.
from the underground,
~ Davey