Productions
The Unexpected
An Immersive Journey Into Music and Imagination
Part Music, Part Story, All Experience
The Unexpected offers audiences an immersive journey, part storytelling, part music, part cinema for the ears. In this show, excerpts from six beloved American novels and plays come to life through the voices of more than a dozen actors, surrounded by original music and soundscapes by Jean François Alcoléa. The result is an intimate, transportive journey that invites audiences to listen, imagine, and discover familiar stories from a new perspective.
Designed as an accessible production for a wide range of audiences, The Unexpected can be presented indoors or outdoors, creating a flexible format for festivals, cultural venues, libraries, schools, and community settings.
New productions can be adapted in different languages
The Unexpected can extend to specific creations, in connection with an event, a festival or a theme. Workshops can complete the performances.
« The Unexpected was a highlight of the 18th Annual Green Box Arts Festival during the summer of 2026. Audience members truly loved what they considered to be an unexpected experience, and many not only returned multiple times over the two weeks that we presented the work, but enticed friends to experience it as well. Through our audience survey, across the 150+ events we presented during the Festival, many respondents noted that The Unexpected was their favorite event that they attended. »
Scott Levy, Executive Director of Green Box Arts, Green Mountain Falls, CO
Listen
Grab your headphones
Olivier Bourdeaut – En Attendant Bojangles
Tierno Monénembo – Le Roi de Kahel
Jeanne Benameur – Otages Intimes
Practical info
Venues : auditorium, performance hall, library, in nature, a public park, private garden, etc
Indoor or outdoor performance
Technical team and material provided
From 12 years old
Proposals may cover specific works or be associated with a special event, exhibition, festival or given theme. Performances are followed by a facilitation session.
