About OC...


Orpheus had musical gifts. 
Persephone, Queen of the Underworld, was so moved by them 
that she allowed Orpheus into the shadow realm to retrieve 
his kidnapped wife, his muse Eurydice... 
with one stipulation, "Don't look back!"
 
Never look back. 
 
 
Through commissions, grants and corporate engagements, Orphean Circus works as a multi-talented collective, 
creating and presenting unique, whimsical-surrealist, music theater and video arts and entertainment.



Ken Roht, Creative Director
Writer-Director/Choreographer/Performer 


  "My mission is to engage the mechanics and components of holistic community building 
in order to create a  compelling physical and psychic space for all to make and experience 
 an inspired manifestation of performing arts." - Ken


  Some Press Links
Ken Roht’s Same-O, A 99¢ Only Surreal Collage
Curtis Heard, Composer
Paul Goldowitz, Composer
Calendar Girl Competitors

Jason Adams, Set and Specialty Designer
Clare Ellis, Designer
Karen Steward, Set Designer

Growing With Ghosts, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock


Peace Squad Goes 99, Evidence Room Theater


EARLY OC PERFORMANCE VENUES

3-Legged Dog. NY
MorYork Gallery
The Actors Gang
Bootleg Theater
Buena Park Civic Theater
Buena Park Mall
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
evidEnce Theater
First Congregational Church, Long Beach
Grand Performances, Los Angeles
Itchy Foot Cabaret
Los Angeles Theater Center/Butane Group
Playwrights Arena
Theatre @ Boston Court
24th Street Theatre

Growing With Ghosts, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock