Moth

"Moth" takes us through an ancestral drama as a young woman returns to her family home in search of answers about her grandmother’s past. As she unearths more and more artifacts from the home, the veil between space and time grows thinner and thinner, represented by movement, poetry, and live music from The Sonic Butterfly.

Venue:

The performace space is a warehouse structure, PLEASE DRESS WARM for your comfort.

Parking and Arrival instructions:
All guests park on street and walk in property gate. "Moth" signs will lead to gate.

An attendant will guide you to the theater space on property.

Gates open at 7pm
Property and theater entrances close at 7:50pm for the show

Entrances open at 8:45 (or very close to it) for intermission.

Please arrive on time to enter and find your seat, due to the nature of the show, late comers will need to wait to enter the property AND performance space during intermission. The entrance is across our stage, so flexibility on this is not an option. Thank you for your promptness!

[***please reach out about disability parking inside the gate]

(The entrance/gate to venue is just a few feet past the Montessori School! Neighboring property. If you get to Rancho Matilija property, you have gone too far. This is a private estate, please enter with care.)

Beverages:
No alcoholic drinks on site.
Show Pony Bar will be serving up delicious non alcoholic drinks for a natural buzz… lean into it ✨

Show Content
Adult language is used. Children who are comfortable sitting quietly through a full length show are welcome with a parent or guardian.

“Moth” was born out of the desire to bring Dev Dance Theater and The Sonic Butterfly together in collaboration. Once the story was decided upon, the collaborative team quickly started growing with some of Ojai’s finest theatrical designers: Clair Cleary on lighting, and Natasha Heaszl, on set design, and graphic media.Christopher Justiz Roush is designing specialty projections for our show, all generated on his home-built computer (some of which will be coded live during the performance). Christina Justiz Roush and Natasha Heaszl have created custom sculptures of our principal dancers specially for this performance. The story was created to honor the artistic pursuits of our own great-grandmothers, and the sacrifices they made so that we could one day carry on their legacy.