"We care about how art affects people. We want to enrich and revolutionize the culture in the area," AOC member Brett Sarlouis said.
The State College area is an attractive venue because it hosts various creative outlets and a young, diverse population, Sarlouis said.
For artists who otherwise would not be seen, AOC's ultimate goal is to draw future members that are interested in experimenting with art, workshops and media.
"I hate it when talent goes to waste," Sarlouis said. "It's a horrible thing to see."
The hour-long performance will include live performances of Shakespearean pieces, poetry and rant with music played throughout.
With a "sure-fire" piece titled "A--hole for Decency," Lori Howsare mixes sarcasm and humor in topics covering the wide expanse of the human race.
"We've been rehearsing separately," Howsare said. "We enjoy the spontaneity about it, because onstage things just happen."
Sarlouis will perform several excerpts of Shakespearean plays, including "a sonnet or two" from King Lear.
"We like to take new [and old] works and who better to start with than Shakespeare," Sarlouis said.
Referred to as "a sort of spontaneous soundtrack," the music skips across genres anywhere from heavy metal and rock to Latin and funk.
"Most of all the music you'll hear is largely improvised. What we try to do is react to the performance art piece and create the mood that the piece is trying to evoke," Wine of Nails drummer Dom Peruso, said.
Inspired by a statement by band King Crimson to, "Let us continue our attack on culture," AOC theater stems from the disappointment of an ignored performing art culture dictated by fixed formulas.
"It's not that we're defying a system we've worked under, we want to do something that will progress the art form because if you continue to experiment you just might," Howsare said.
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