Theater is older than speech. Before we had language, we acted out stories of the hunt around the campfire. Before we had literature, we painted our stories on cave walls


Art is intrinsic in us. When we go to the theater, we participate in our community in an ancient and primal way.


Core Performance Manufactory produces work that addresses our most basic needs. We tell these stories using poetic text, but we also use live music and sound, and movement and gesture that the caveman would understand.


We do not produce a regular season. We search high and low for those rare, primal projects, and bring them to you as we find them.