{"id":220619,"date":"2025-09-12T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/220619\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:25:10","slug":"ochre-house-theater-ramps-up-the-politics-in-its-latest-musical-play-opera-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/220619\/","title":{"rendered":"Ochre House Theater ramps up the politics in its latest musical play, \u2018Opera Box\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Politics usually operate in the background of the musical plays produced by Ochre House Theater, especially those written by artistic director Matthew Posey. Lately, though, his scripts connect their protagonists more overtly to the country\u2019s deep divisions. In May, the show Moving Creatures was centered around an evil oligarch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3392 \/ 3448\"   class=\"dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"3392\" height=\"3448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/P6LRJ5ZJGNAFPC6PTGHVPHTQLI.jpg\" alt=\"The cast of Ochre House Theater s production of artistic director Matthew Posey s...\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The cast of Ochre House Theater s production of artistic director Matthew Posey s politically charged musical play  Opera Box. <\/p>\n<p>Trent Stephenson<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Ochre House\u2019s latest Posey production, Opera Box, extends the trend with characters on both sides of the political divide in a story about a Southern family beset with addiction and natural disasters. Ramping up the company\u2019s typically eclectic style, the play is written in verse and features video projections as a backdrop, an actor wearing a giant puppet head and original songs performed by a live band.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>Details<\/b><\/p>\n<p>News Roundups<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Catch up on the day&#8217;s news you need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Running through Sept. 20. 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