MYTH
MYTH
In Broken Box's first longform narrative, MYTH uses speculative fiction to explore what we inherit: trauma, wisdom, and the mystery of what lies ahead. One show, eight mimes, fantastic storytelling. Our first Mainstage debut in 4 years. More info at:
MYTH
MYTH
In Broken Box's first longform narrative, MYTH uses speculative fiction to explore what we inherit: trauma, wisdom, and the mystery of what lies ahead. One show, eight mimes, fantastic storytelling. Our first Mainstage debut in 4 years. More info at:
MYTH
MYTH
In Broken Box's first longform narrative, MYTH uses speculative fiction to explore what we inherit: trauma, wisdom, and the mystery of what lies ahead. One show, eight mimes, fantastic storytelling. Our first Mainstage debut in 4 years. More info at:
MYTH
MYTH
In Broken Box's first longform narrative, MYTH uses speculative fiction to explore what we inherit: trauma, wisdom, and the mystery of what lies ahead. One show, eight mimes, fantastic storytelling. Our first Mainstage debut in 4 years. More info at:
PAC Family Day
SMALL TALK at PAC's Family Day 2026
Broken Box Kids! is back at PAC's Family Day! Catch us in the lobby theater for a 30-min set of repertoire with a speaking emcee at 11:15, and stick around in the afternoon for more great free family activities, including pop-up performances by the mimes. A beautiful day at a beautiful venue!
Physical Storytelling Workshop with Becky
There's Language In Her Eye: Physical Storytelling in Shakespeare & Beyond with Becky Baumwoll
Part of the UnScripted Shakespeare Festival at The Tank
In this three-hour workshop, Becky will first introduce Broken Box's style of modern mime, one based in naturalism and developed through collaborative process. We'll then expand the toolbox, playing with body language, ensemble stage picture, cinematic visuals, and transformations.
DOUBLE TAKE at Adelaide Fringe
Join us in partnership with Dutch Kills Theater in Australia at the Adelaide Fringe Festival!
'DOUBLE TAKE' weaves together eight short stories that, each in their own way, explore what it means to take a closer look. Performed without a single word by a pair of artists from NYC's Broken Box Mime Theater, 'DOUBLE TAKE' brings audiences on an epic journey from a bus stop to the big bang, passing by a hungry snail and returning to a sky full of stars. As told in Broken Box's unique style of contemporary mime, 'DOUBLE TAKE' celebrates the immense storytelling capacity of the body. From comedy to drama and everything in between, join us for a 60 minute adventure that encourages us to look closer, think again, and delight in the unexpected.
DOUBLE TAKE at Adelaide Fringe
Join us in partnership with Dutch Kills Theater in Australia at the Adelaide Fringe Festival!
'DOUBLE TAKE' weaves together eight short stories that, each in their own way, explore what it means to take a closer look. Performed without a single word by a pair of artists from NYC's Broken Box Mime Theater, 'DOUBLE TAKE' brings audiences on an epic journey from a bus stop to the big bang, passing by a hungry snail and returning to a sky full of stars. As told in Broken Box's unique style of contemporary mime, 'DOUBLE TAKE' celebrates the immense storytelling capacity of the body. From comedy to drama and everything in between, join us for a 60 minute adventure that encourages us to look closer, think again, and delight in the unexpected.
Physical Storytelling 101 w/ Broken Box Mime Theater (5-Week Workshop, Sundays)
Broken Box Mime Theater (BKBX) invites artists of all backgrounds to join in exploring the audience's imagination as medium. From the perspective of BKBX's unique brand of mime based in American narrative style, participants will look at body language, basic mime technique, staging metaphor, efficiency in storytelling, and devised process. How can precision, efficiency, and specificity in physical storytelling help to craft our comedy? Over the course of the series, students will craft mime pieces that will be shared in a final showing in December.
5-Week Class: Sundays, 12:00-3:00, March 1st - March 29th
Where: The BCC Pig Pen Theater (144 Boerum Street, Brooklyn, NY)
Class Show: Tuesday, March 31st. 7:00pm. Eris MainStage
Teacher: Broken Box Mime Theater
Each class is limited to 14 students.
$300.00
DOUBLE TAKE at Adelaide Fringe
Join us in partnership with Dutch Kills Theater in Australia at the Adelaide Fringe Festival!
'DOUBLE TAKE' weaves together eight short stories that, each in their own way, explore what it means to take a closer look. Performed without a single word by a pair of artists from NYC's Broken Box Mime Theater, 'DOUBLE TAKE' brings audiences on an epic journey from a bus stop to the big bang, passing by a hungry snail and returning to a sky full of stars. As told in Broken Box's unique style of contemporary mime, 'DOUBLE TAKE' celebrates the immense storytelling capacity of the body. From comedy to drama and everything in between, join us for a 60 minute adventure that encourages us to look closer, think again, and delight in the unexpected.
DOUBLE TAKE at Adelaide Fringe
Join us in partnership with Dutch Kills Theater in Australia at the Adelaide Fringe Festival!
'DOUBLE TAKE' weaves together eight short stories that, each in their own way, explore what it means to take a closer look. Performed without a single word by a pair of artists from NYC's Broken Box Mime Theater, 'DOUBLE TAKE' brings audiences on an epic journey from a bus stop to the big bang, passing by a hungry snail and returning to a sky full of stars. As told in Broken Box's unique style of contemporary mime, 'DOUBLE TAKE' celebrates the immense storytelling capacity of the body. From comedy to drama and everything in between, join us for a 60 minute adventure that encourages us to look closer, think again, and delight in the unexpected.
DOUBLE TAKE at Adelaide Fringe
Join us in partnership with Dutch Kills Theater in Australia at the Adelaide Fringe Festival!
'DOUBLE TAKE' weaves together eight short stories that, each in their own way, explore what it means to take a closer look. Performed without a single word by a pair of artists from NYC's Broken Box Mime Theater, 'DOUBLE TAKE' brings audiences on an epic journey from a bus stop to the big bang, passing by a hungry snail and returning to a sky full of stars. As told in Broken Box's unique style of contemporary mime, 'DOUBLE TAKE' celebrates the immense storytelling capacity of the body. From comedy to drama and everything in between, join us for a 60 minute adventure that encourages us to look closer, think again, and delight in the unexpected.
DOUBLE TAKE at Adelaide Fringe
Join us in partnership with Dutch Kills Theater in Australia at the Adelaide Fringe Festival!
'DOUBLE TAKE' weaves together eight short stories that, each in their own way, explore what it means to take a closer look. Performed without a single word by a pair of artists from NYC's Broken Box Mime Theater, 'DOUBLE TAKE' brings audiences on an epic journey from a bus stop to the big bang, passing by a hungry snail and returning to a sky full of stars. As told in Broken Box's unique style of contemporary mime, 'DOUBLE TAKE' celebrates the immense storytelling capacity of the body. From comedy to drama and everything in between, join us for a 60 minute adventure that encourages us to look closer, think again, and delight in the unexpected.
Body Rhyme @ Poetry Electric
Broken Box presents Body Rhyme at La Mama’s Poetry Electric!
Join us on Mon. November 24th @ 7:30
The Poetry Electric fuses music, movement, sound, and dance with the spoken word and presents artists working in a wide range of styles including beatboxing, jazz and hip-hop theatre. This series has presented over 200 emerging poets from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Tickets:
Adults: $15, Students/Seniors: $10
My Little Eye in Battery Park
‘My Little Eye’ mixes mime stories and spoken narration in a joyful 40-minute program for kids ages 3-9. It is hosted by Poppy the Caterpillar (played by PS361Q parent Géraldine Dulex), who guides students through three silent stories. There will be tree-climbing, a baking adventure, an enormous snail, a torrential downpour, and even some move-from-your-seats engagement from our audience members.
Physical Storytelling LVL 1: Class Show (Copy)
Crafting Comedy Through the Lens of Mime w/ Broken Box Mime Theater
(5-Week Workshop, Fridays)
Join us as we showcase the work from our 5-Week Workshop. Broken Box Mime Theater (BKBX) invited artists of all backgrounds to join in exploring the audience's imagination as medium. From the perspective of BKBX's unique brand of mime based in American narrative style, participants looked at body language, basic mime technique, staging metaphor, efficiency in storytelling, and devised process. How can precision, efficiency, and specificity in physical storytelling help to craft our comedy? Over the course of the series, students crafted mime pieces that will be shared in this final showing.
CLASS - Physical Storytelling LEVEL 1
Physical Storytelling Lvl 1 mixes mime techniques, theory, and performance-prompts for a fun and engaging weekly session.
To sign up for this class, click here
CLASS - Physical Storytelling LEVEL 1
Physical Storytelling Lvl 1 mixes mime techniques, theory, and performance-prompts for a fun and engaging weekly session.
To sign up for this class, click here
CLASS - Physical Storytelling LEVEL 1
Physical Storytelling Lvl 1 mixes mime techniques, theory, and performance-prompts for a fun and engaging weekly session.
To sign up for this class, click here
All-Levels Weekend Intensive with BKBX
Saturday July 19 & Sunday July 20 at Mercury Store, Brooklyn
Lead Teacher: Becky Baumwoll
Cost: $300
Need-based scholarships and caregiver reimbursements available; email us!
The summer is for learning! Broken Box Mime Theater (BKBX) invites folks of all backgrounds to join in exploring the audience's imagination as medium. From the perspective of BKBX's unique brand of mime based in a US-American narrative style, participants will spend the weekend learning about body language, basic mime technique, staging metaphor, efficiency in storytelling, and devised process. How can these concepts expand our artistry? Our curiosity? Our awareness of physical communication?
This intensive is open to students of all experience levels. Past students of BKBX welcome. Varied access needs welcome; please email us at brokenboxmime@gmail.com should you need an interpreter or any other accommodation, and/or note it in this form where instructed!
The two-day intensive will include:
Technique foundations, including establishing invisible objects and physical precision
Establishing environment, character, and relationship without words
Cinematic techniques onstage: transformations in Time, Scale, and Space
The body as storyteller: writing and staging wordless narratives as an ensemble
About the Weekend:
The full weekend is $300. Need-based scholarships are available, email us at brokenboxmime@gmail.com for more info.
Participants should be available for the full duration of the intensive.
Sessions will run 10a - 12:30p and 1:30p - 4p daily with a 1h lunch break.
Participants provide or buy their own lunch, there will be a kitchen/fridge available at Mercury Store.
*On the payment page, click on either day to purchase your spot; you will automatically be signed up for both days.*
CLASS - Physical Storytelling LEVEL 1
Physical Storytelling Lvl 1 mixes mime techniques, theory, and performance-prompts for a fun and engaging weekly session.
To sign up for this class, click here
Family Day @ PAC NYC
PAC NYC brings together families and artists to take over the day with indoor and outdoor workshops, performances, interactive creation stations, dance battles, live music, and more.
CLASS - Physical Storytelling LEVEL 1
Physical Storytelling Lvl 1 mixes mime techniques, theory, and performance-prompts for a fun and engaging weekly session.
To sign up for this class, click here
Small Talk @ The 53rd St Library
Join us for a free all-ages show at the 53rd St library in midtown!
We are delighted to be back at the 53rd Street Library with Small Talk. We’ll perform some of our favorite nonverbal narratives in a variety of genres, celebrating the limitless possibilities of physical storytelling. The show features a speaking emcee, who gives spoken descriptions of how the art was made, offering audiences a look behind the curtain - or beyond the box, as it were.
Appropriate for all ages!
No rsvp required.
