Chronicle Staff May 3, 2021Updated: May 3, 2021, 7:20 am
Mugwumpin’s Black Baba struts down a scenic path in Cutting Ball Theater’s “Phantasmagoria.” Photo: Julie Schuchard, Cutting Ball Theater
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Cutting Ball, Mugwumpin and Bay Area Theatre Cypher team up for Lewis Carroll collage
Among the few theatrical upsides of the pandemic is the emergence of thrilling multi-troupe collaborations, as companies who were long on each other’s radar suddenly have more bandwidth to make partnerships happen.
The latest in this glorious list, “Phantasmagoria,” brings together two stalwarts of the experimental and avant-garde, Cutting Ball Theater and Mugwumpin, with a relative newbie, Bay Area Theatre Cypher, which combines theater and hip-hop.