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Theater-Maker, Risk-Taker Karla Boos Sets Exit From Quantum Theatre

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An effervescent brew of curiosity and creativity personified, Karla Boos is a risk-taker in the risky business of theater. For 35 years, the founder and artistic director of Quantum Theatre has been a driving force of originality for the region’s arts scene. Boos will be relinquishing her role at the end of 2026, after arriving in 1990 with Pedro Paramo, an anticipated one-off project, based on the short novel by Mexican author Juan Rulfo.

Oh, the places she would go, and take adventurous theaters along for the ride.

Review: Becoming Invested in Chilling, Compelling ‘Enron’

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So much of the play “Enron” is true to life, that to call it a dark comedy, you must emphasize dark, or as a cautionary tale, a better emphasis would be: beware. Quantum Theatre is retelling the tale right on time for the demon season, with a compelling, kinetic staging of the Lucy Prebble play that looks back on the downfall of a corporate giant. The Texas-based energy company was known to all who lived through the turn of the 20th century for its national “Ask Why” campaign, which portrayed Enron as a pioneering, innovative energy and business company. It was all smoke and mirrors, laid bare in the compelling production, a collaboration with Attack Theatre.

Director Adapts ‘The Seagull’ Through a Queer Lens

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Quantum Theatre brings director Joanie Schultz’s gender-swapped adaptation of “The Seagull” to picturesque Chatham University. “What a gift to have somebody say, ‘Great, let’s do it,’” Schultz said of presenting “The Seagull” as a queer story. “And [Karla Boos] found this beautiful place to do it, and that’s been awesome. I mean, yesterday, we were doing a run-through, and there’s just like deer in the scenery, and you’re like, ‘OK. This is perfect.’ ”

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