Standing on Mount Olympus one enterprising afternoon, Zues dispatched two eagles flying in opposite directions. Where they met again, surmised he, on the other side of the world, would be the oomphalos, or navel, of the universe.

Oomphalos is one part stand-up comedy, one part mind-body reconnaissance, and one part motivational allocution. Forged out of the kind of molten existential crisis that haunts only the brokest and panickiest of mid-career stage directors, Oomphalos dares -- through the use of dry-erase markers, rubber bands, charts, graphs and a whiteboard -- to double-click on the Universe, that we may catch a glimpse of what awaits us in this chrysalis-bursting century.

Audience members hear stories, theories and bizarre facts as they are gently equipped for the uncertainty ahead.

 

From the program:

 

 

Intended Audience

Oomphalos is intended for all lovers of the arts. It has been performed in theatres for the general public, as well as universities for theatre students.

 

Components

Oomphalos is made up of the presentation of Six Tools for the Post-Everything Age
(along with several embarrassing stories that led to their discovery):

  1. Authenticity, or, Four Anatomical Secrets to Jump-Starting Yourself into the Now
  2. Taste, or, Why They Nail Bottle Caps to Guitars in Africa
  3. Courage, or, Why Fighter Pilots Tend to Have Daughters
  4. Restraint, or, How, at Bedtime, Mozart Performed PSY-OPS on his Dad
  5. Humility, or, How the Stoplights on Cambridge Street Can Make You Say Bad Things
  6. Love, or, The Feeling in the Back of My Neck

 

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Booking Information

If you would like to book Oomphalos at your theatre, nightclub or university, please contact:

Booking
Operation Pizzicato
4655 Kingswell Avenue, Suite 208
Los Angeles, CA 90027

or call (212) 252-2768
or email booking@operationpizzicato.com