In this evening-length interdisciplinary puppet musical, audiences bear witness as a dysfunctional couple attempts to clean out their living room, sorting through piles of treasured belongings because they know that the portal to the land of the dead is in there somewhere! Inspired by the founding of the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco, which archives the possessions that people who died of AIDS in the 1980s left behind, The Living Room employs Free Pile Productions’ signature blend of the heartfelt and absurd to tenderly explore grief, memory, and love through puppetry, music, and crankies (illustrated panoramic scrolls). The Open Doors Performing Arts Residency is part of the Artist Pathways Project, the inaugural program of the Arts Action Consortium, a collaboration of six Boston-based cultural organizations: Arts & Business Council, Assets for Artists, Bloom Arts Strategy, Dunamis, Midday Movement Series, and Ágora Cultural Architects. Tickets:, $15, $20, $25, $35, + Fee
