Companion Star is an international performing arts collaborative formed for the purpose of creating, producing and presenting improvisational music theater. Our approach to experimental new-music theater is reflected in our production development, casting, and performance space arrangement. Companion Star's productions are mounted in a non-hierarchical system involving physical artists and artisans as well as conventional theater personnel, and are presented in intimate and interactive environments.

Companion Star's productions are developed in a workshop-oriented system intended to dissolve traditional boundaries between performers, musicians, producers, directors and other participants. This organic approach is designed to produce fully integrated works in which every facet of the production, from initiation to completion, is shaped by the ideas that arise from the collective work of all members of the collaborative.

Reaching beyond traditional theater personnel of actors, dancers and musicians, our productions seek to involve physical and visual artists whose work is incorporated into both the presentation of the production and the story itself. In keeping with Companion Star's collaborative approach to the performing arts, these artists are fully involved in every phase of the production from conceptualization to presentation.

Performances are staged in intimate environments arranged to bring the audience into the performance space and to create a relationship between the performers, audience, and the space they inhabit together. The performance space is uniquely suited to each piece, rather than adherent to convention for convention's sake. Instrumentalists can assume roles in the script and actors can appear amongst the audience; audience members may walk around to different performance spaces, and flautists can expect to dance!

Companion Star is dedicated to the growth of music theater by cultivating diverse artists, challenging theater's traditional relationships, and introducing new works to the public in dynamic and interactive environments.