Horror Lab | emBODY Project Theatre

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HORROR LAB: Bodies, Fear, and Performance

April 24 & 25, 2026 | Doors at 7:00 PM

emBODY Project Theatre at Cobbs Corner, Canton, MA

By emBODY Lab Artists | Directed by Corinne M. Mason | Assistant Directed by Jamie Dicicco | Devised by emBODY Lab Artists | Sponsored by Canton Community Theatre

Fear is not just a feeling. It lives in the body before it reaches the mind.

Horror Lab is a devised performance showcase built from the inside out: thirteen original pieces created through an ensemble research process that asks what happens when artists stop performing fear and start inhabiting it. Using the emBODY Performance Method, the ensemble investigated fear states, body signatures, and the physical grammar of dread, suspense, and the uncanny. What you'll see on stage is not a haunted house. It is the result of rigorous, consent-forward artistic inquiry into what horror, as a genre, has always known: the body keeps the score.

Arrive early. Doors open at 7:00 PM, and guests are welcomed into our Victorian parlor to browse a curated vendor market, enjoy complimentary tea and snacks, and settle into the atmosphere before the work begins.

Horror Lab is an interactive performance. Each guest receives a consent napkin at the door to signal their comfort level with participation at any point during the show. Your boundaries are respected. Your presence is enough.

Discounted tickets are available for students, seniors (65+), and folx with EBT/SNAP benefits. Valid confirmation required at the door.

Come ready to be unsettled. Come ready to think.

Ticket Information

General Admission

$25

Student/Senior Tickets

$18 w/ ID

Pay What You Can

For Select Performances

Extended Acknowledgments: Barbara Carbone, Bob Cattel, Renee Hanscom, Chris Untersee, Survey Participants, Community Interviewees

Content Notice
This production includes themes of power, coercion, spiritual crisis, and adult relationships, with moments of intense emotional and physical staging. If you’d like more detailed content information before attending, please contact us at embodyprojecttheatre@gmail.com.

Media & Research Notice
FAUST is part of ongoing emBODY Method research. Rehearsals and performances may be photographed or filmed for documentation and promotion. Formal research participation is always voluntary. If you prefer not to appear in media, or want more details, please speak with staff or contact us at embodyprojecttheatre@gmail.com

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Magdalene Bastarache, Lab Performance Artist

(she/her/hers) Maggie is a Middleboro based actress and has been performing in since high school. She is a recent graduate of Massasoit Community College, with Business Administration and Theatre Arts degrees. Some of her favorite roles include Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Big Stone/Father in Eurydice, and Jo March in Little Women. She’d like to thank her family for their years of support and her friends for pushing her to continue performing on the stage.

Lucio Faria, Lab Performance Artist

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Lucio is so excited to be apart of this production! Lucio is the Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer for The Maenad Theatre Troupe. He has served as director for the SouthWest Middle School (in collaboration with Mel O’ Drama) in Quincy, putting on shows like The Day Aliens Attacked Fairfield, and High School Musical JR. Lucio also has done makeup and costume design for multiple shows, including Into The Woods at the UCC Randolph. Recently, he served as stage manager for The Maenad Theatre Troupe's production of Lysistrata. Outside of producing, Lucio has acted in shows like A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania/Hippolyta), Ruddigore Abridged (Zorah), Into The Woods (Lucinda), Romeo and Juliet (Friar John), and Godspell (Herb). Outside the theatre, Lucio is the administrator for an outdoor ministry in Boston, dedicated to helping our unhoused neighbors. Lucio is currently enrolled at Massasoit Community College studying Business and Accounting and currently working towards his Certificate in Computerized Accounting. He previously studied Theatre at Massasoit Community College, while also being apart of their theatre student leader program.

Sabrina Nedder, Lab Performance Artist

(she/her/hers) Sabrina Nedder is a Boston-based actress, dancer, and teaching artist. She received her Associates Degree in Theatre Arts from Massasoit Community College and is continuing her education with the goal of attaining a BFA in Theatre Arts at Salem State University. She has also completed 10 years of training at the Summer Stage Theatre Program. Sabrina has performed for over 20 years and has worked with various companies including Massasoit Theatre Company, Summer Stage Theatre, and Bay Colony Performing Arts. She has taught and directed at the Summer Stage Theatre Company for six years and has directed several one-act plays. Currently, she is continuing her teaching and directing work at Summer Stage Theatre Company.

Lauren Vanderwater, Lab Performance Artist

(she/her/hers) Lauren Vanderwater is a life long performer, who is always looking for new ways to grow her creative inventory. She is an artist that strives to bring people together through her art by starting conversations, and engaging the audience to try and make them feel like they are more than just observers. Through this mission, Lauren hopes to use her knowledge of movement and body language to help educate and inform others of the great importance that is knowing and learning the body, and why it is so impactful and necessary when it comes to performance.

Theophile Victoria, Lab Performance Artist

(He/Him/His) Theo is a versatile performer and choreographer who creates work from a core belief. Hip-Hop is the universal solvent to American art culture. He is a recent graduate from Salem State University where he completed a B.A. in Dance with a Theatre minor and a Hip-Hop concentration (one of the rarest concentrations in the country). Theo currently dances with Project31 and has performed all over New England including at the Bates Dance Festival. Overall, this performer and leader loves to work in community centric environment where each one, can teach one.

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