Silents at the Senate continues its 2025 season with a selection of short films from the French magician, theater director and pioneer of cinematic art, George Méliès, with live organ accompaniment from Scott Smith on our Mighty Wurlitzer theater pipe organ!
Filmed around the turn of the last century, these early moving pictures retain their ability to delight and surprise. They tell fantastic stories from folklore and history, travelling far into outer space and deep into the spectral realm. The work remains timeless, and their uncanny illusions—the awesome technological sorcery of modernity—will be made extraordinary with a live score and a crowd of fellow movie lovers to share in the wonder. — Free parking is available in our gated lot behind the theater on Gilbert Street. — Tickets: $12.00.