Utopian Hotline
Sat May 3, 2:30 PM - Sat May 3, 3:30 PM
in 3 days

You enter the Planetarium, put on your headphones, and the journey begins. In Utopian Hotline, you’ll hear from astronauts, neighbors, and others as they answer the same question: “How would you envision a more perfect future?” Their responses are sure to surprise and delight you.

Part performance, part intergalactic transmission, this special event transforms the Planetarium into a space for radical storytelling beneath the stars — where sound, science, and imagination collide. Inspired by NASA’s 1977 Voyager Golden Record and shaped by voices from our own time, Utopian Hotline invites you to listen, reflect, and envision a future worth reaching for — where real voicemails become a collective vision of tomorrow.

Presented by ArtsEmerson and the Museum of Science, this live production from Brooklyn’s Theater Mitu blends voicemail confessions, music, and stunning full-dome visuals inside the iconic Charles Hayden Planetarium.

This interstellar collaboration with the SETI Institute and Arizona State University’s Interplanetary Initiative is more than a show — it’s a call to dream together. A bold fusion of science, art, and imagination, the experience unfolds under the stars.

Leave your own message at 646-694-8050. Then get your ticket and join us for this immersive journey into possibility.

Presented in association with Octopus Theatricals and the Museum’s Center for Space Sciences.