Mission of the Egg

Mission of the Dragon’s Egg

The Dragon’s Egg and the Mystic Paper Beasts are committed to being inclusive, to encouraging environmental consciousness within the space, and, by extension, throughout the community.

The Dragon’s Egg and the Mystic Paper Beasts honor the history of the land upon which it stands, land that was home to the Mohegan and to the Mashantucket Pequot indigenous peoples.

The Dragon’s Egg and the Mystic Paper Beasts are committed to peace and justice, and to an exploration of how we may encourage and support these values at the Egg, and in the greater world.

The Dragon’s Egg and the Mystic Paper Beasts are committed to prioritizing communities which have been underserved, locally and distantly, including BIPOC and LGBTQIA communities and individuals.

The Dragon’s Egg/Mystic Paper Beasts is to be used to encourage the creative development of new work, and the rehearsal of old, in dance and theatre; to foster young and old practitioners of these arts; to provide the space and time so that these may more easily be accomplished.

The Dragon’s Egg/Mystic Paper Beasts will host workshops and events to reach out to the local and wider community on issues such as the arts, the environment, and peace and justice.

The Dragon’s Egg is also to serve as a rehearsal space for the Mystic Paper Beasts,
and as a rehearsal and teaching space for related arts: (dance, theatre, yoga, mask, puppetry).

It will also be available for various other workshops and performances of a theatrical and/or spiritual dimension (e.g. poetry readings and workshops, women’s groups, peace groups, anti-racism workshops, consciousness raising gatherings, storytelling workshops, etc.), at the discretion of the board.

The space is offered with the understanding that all who use the space will do so with a sense of reverence and responsibility to the earth upon which it stands, to the actual space itself, and to the communities of which we are all a part, human, animal, bird, fish, stars, all beings.