Fractured Actors Theater Company

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Thank you for supporting Fractured Actors!

11/23/2025

🚨Thanks for supporting The Grand Guignol! If you’ve already seen the show, COME BACK TONIGHT FOR FREE!* We have added seats and want to go out with a big bloody bang!

*Returning patrons only. DM or email us your name to get your exclusive code.

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11/21/2025

🎭It would be wicked if you missed this show. Must close Sunday.🩸🔪

11/19/2025

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11/15/2025

11/14/2025

Congrats to Karen Gentry Denny on winning 2 tix to A Grand Guignol. Thanks to all who entered! Tix on sale at fracturedactors.com

11/13/2025

Share your favorite scary movie in the comments for a chance to win 2 tickets to The Grand Guignol: Theatre of the Macabre
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Must be over 18⚠️

11/12/2025

🎭French Horror comes to Ventura!😳 Opening Friday, November 14th for 6 performances only. CONTENT ADVISORY: No one under 18 will be admitted. Tickets on sale at fracturedactors.com

Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol was founded by Oscar Méténier in 1897. The theater’s drive was inspired by the true crime newspapers of Paris (Les Fait Divers). In response to these papers Méténier sought to create naturalistic shows displaying in brutal detail the lives of the disadvantaged and working class. Translated literally, the name of the theater means “The Theater of The Great Puppet”. More specifically, ‘Guignol’ is a puppet from French Punch and Judy shows. His purpose was largely the same as Méténier’s as he represented the working class and through his actions would similarly show the horrors they were subjected to. Partially in response to their societal commentary, the early shows of Méténier and the Grand-Guignol were a heavy target for censorship. They showed the con-artists, streetwalkers, and other vagrants of Paris that had yet to be accurately represented on stage- in their own language. This spoke to Parisan audiences in a way hitherto unheard of. The theater was an immediate success.

In an interview conducted immediately after the Grand-Guignol closed in 1962, Charles Nonon, its last director, explained, "Before the war, everyone believed that what happened on stage was purely imaginary; now we know that these things--and worse--are possible."

11/10/2025

Opening this Friday, November 14. Absolutely no one under 18 will be admitted. [email protected]