The Theatre of Others believes the play watches the audience.
The audience is necessary and they are witness to what happens.
We produce plays that both welcome and challenge the audience.
Upcoming Production
Bright Light Burning (Baku)
Steven Gaultney’s Bright Light Burning is a theatrical journey combining artistry, storytelling, and environmental activism. Our interdisciplinary production aims to shift perspectives, evoke empathy, and galvanize audiences to take meaningful steps toward a sustainable future.
Set in the year 2099, the audience gathers in a theatre in Baku, Azerbaijan, which has been repurposed as a holding center for migrants. The narrative focuses on characters who must deal with the realities of climate-induced migration, and the audience is cast as migrants alongside them.
Blurring the line between performer and observer, the play is a powerful statement on the social and emotional toll of climate displacement. It emphasizes the urgent need for empathy and collective action in the face of global crises.
November 15
Extreme Hangout, Green Zone
COP29 Baku Stadium
November 19
Art Pavilion, Green Zone
COP29 Baku Stadium
Upcoming Workshops
Theatre of Others’
Taksu Theatre Workshop in Bali:
Playwriting: Finding Your Voice
Playwriting: Finding Your Voice
with Steven Gaultney
8 weeks, January 5 – March 2 2025
In this course, you’ll embark on a journey to uncover the root of your artistic identity: What types of stories are you yourself drawn to? What happens to those stories when they have the pleasure of meeting you?
Through eight weeks of writing assignments and exercises, we’ll take a step back from the relentless pressure we all feel to create more and more content in order to ask fundamental questions: Why do I feel this spark within me to create? And how is my way of creating unique amongst my peers?
By the end of this course, you will have completed a draft of a new one-act play, as well as an assortment of shorter pieces through exercises designed to help you develop your own personal approach to storytelling.
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Recent Productions
Audio Play Festival 2024
The Theatre of Others’ fourth annual Audio Play Festival, will be produced for the entire month of October 2024. This year’s prompt is "SOUNDS OF HOME with plays that explore this theme in ways that utilize the unique potentials of the audio play format. What does home mean to you and what does home sound like? What are the rhythms and cadences of speech? What does traffic sound like? What about nature? What do you hear when someone cooks a meal? Plays will be released weekly via The Theatre of Others Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google, and all your favorite podcast platforms.
We are committed to international collaboration and are a laboratory that helps artists grow through intensive study of their craft.
Upcoming events.
Join us each month for a diverse range of events designed to engage, inspire, and connect our community. Our events are held both in-person and online, ensuring accessibility and convenience for everyone. Open to all, these events offer something for everyone, from workshops and performances to discussions and social gatherings. Mark your calendar for these recurring opportunities to learn, create, and share.
Work with Others
Work with Others
Work with OTHERS is a free communal playwriting event, which will take place on Zoom the first weekend of each month. For more details about times, please see below.
What is it? The first two hours of each session will be spent writing in community over Zoom. Participants can come and go as they please. If you cannot be present for the entire session, you are welcome to arrive late or leave early. Writing can be an isolating endeavor. Work with OTHERS is an opportunity to set aside time each month to write alongside members of the Theatre of Others community worldwide.
The third and final hour of each session will be devoted to a group discussion about the art and practice of playwriting. Resident Playwright and Dramaturg Steven Gaultney will moderate the discussion, featuring a rotating cast of additional Theatre of Others company members. Any questions about the craft of playwriting are welcome and can be asked of Steven, other TOO company members, or put to the group as a whole.
Join us! And be an Other, too.
All Times for the December 7/8 Session (3 hours)
Los Angeles, USA Sat, Dec 7, 2024, at 7:00 pm PST
Mexico City, Mexico Sat, Dec 7, 2024, at 9:00 pm CST
New York, USA Sat, Dec 7, 2024 at 10:00 pm EST
Cairo, Egypt Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 5:00 am EET
Singapore, Singapore Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 11:00 am SGT
Melbourne, Australia Sun, Dec 8, 2024, at 2:00 pm AEDT
To receive the Zoom info for the December session, please email steven@theatreofothers.com
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is a community of Theatre Makers that come together to share stories, provide mentorship, and be generally available for each other, which will take place on Zoom the second weekend of each month. For more details about times, please see below.
What is it? This monthly gathering invites directors and other theatre makers to come together, share experiences, and seek advice in a supportive community. There is often an isolating nature of directing and this new space aims to foster connection and collaboration. Participants can come and go as they please. If you cannot attend the entire session, you are welcome to arrive late or leave early. The Board of Directors is an opportunity to set aside time each month to be alongside members of the Theatre of Others community worldwide.
Co-Artistic Director Adam Marple will moderate the discussion, featuring a rotating cast of additional Theatre of Others company members. All questions about the craft of Directing and Making Theatre are welcome and can be asked of Adam, other TOO company members, or put to the group as a whole.
Join us! And be an Other, too.
All Times for the December 14/15 Session (1 hour 30 min)
Los Angeles, USA Sat, Dec 14, 2024, at 7:00 pm PST
Mexico City, Mexico Sat, Dec 14, 2024, at 9:00 pm CST
New York, USA Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 10:00 pm EST
Cairo, Egypt Sun, Dec 15, 2024 at 5:00 am EET
Singapore, Singapore Sun, Dec 15, 2024 at 11:00 am SGT
Melbourne, Australia Sun, Dec 15, 2024, at 2:00 pm AEDT
To receive the Zoom info for the December session, please email adam@theatreofothers.com
Satsang
Satsang
Satsang is a communal event that combines spiritual practice into your training and unveils the profound, spiritual depths of acting, which will take place on Zoom on the third weekend of each month. For more details about times, please see below.
What is it? In the ever-evolving world of theatre, the ancient practice of Satsang offers a profound method for actors to deepen their craft and enhance their on-stage presence. Satsang, a Sanskrit term meaning "gathering in truth," is a practice rooted in mindfulness, communal introspection, and the pursuit of spiritual wisdom. This immersive workshop will explore how the principles of Satsang can help actors cultivate a heightened sense of self-awareness, emotional authenticity, and ensemble synergy. Through guided meditation, focused breathing exercises, and reflective group discussions, participants will tap into their inner truth and learn to channel it into their performances. Join us to discover how integrating Satsang into your acting toolkit can lead to more truthful portrayals, a deeper connection with your fellow actors, and a more resonant experience for your audience.
Co-Artistic Director Budi Miller will lead the Satsang, which will also feature a rotating cast of additional Theatre of Others company members. All questions about the craft of theatre, spirituality, and presence are welcome and can be asked of Budi, or put to the group as a whole.
Join us! And be an Other, too.
All Times for the November 23/24 Session (1 Hour 30 min)
Los Angeles Sat, November 23, 2024, at 8:00 pm PDT
Mexico City Sat, November 23, 2024, at 10:00 pm CST
New York Sat, November 23, 2024, at 11:00 pm EDT
Cairo Sun, November 24, 2024, at 6:00 am EEST
Singapore Sun, November 24, 2024, at 12:00 pm SGT
Melbourne Sun, November 24, 2024, at 3:00 pm AEST
To receive the Zoom info for the November session, please email budi@theatreofothers.com
The Theatre of Others creates a shared community of artists and audiences for the purpose of exploring the most profound issues of our lives and times.
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We believe that space is psychology and informs the ways in which an audience interacts and reacts to what is presented for them. We create uniquely theatrical events in bespoke sensory performance spaces crafted to encourage curiosity and grant the audience permission to commune with the play.
Past Productions
Bright Light Burning
Presented at the UK Pavilion
Blue Zone, COP28 Dubai
The Earth Turns is an international climate-inspired audio play for the UN COP27 Climate Conference. Adapted from We Still Have a Chance- 12 Stories for 12 Days of COP27, an anthology of micro-stories created with the express purpose of humanizing this global problem.
A man all alone at the end of the world finds a bundle in the road, motionless, silent. Is it a baby? Is it a bomb? The answer leads him on a journey in which he demands the cost of indifference be admitted and asks what it means to be human.
Denmark’s a prison. Privacy is hard to find and intimate moments are often observed. For the Prince of Denmark it’s also a tomb. You’re invited to enter. Come in.
In February 2026, due to COVID-25, The Theatre of Others postponed its adaptation of Euripides' The Bacchae, Reimagining the production for a digital space, the result is this intimate version of the ancient, still-devastating story,