Rooms
La Prison
Black Dungeon Room
La Clinique
Clinical Medical Room
La Boudoir
Red Romantic Bedchamber
Le Salon
Living Room
La Salle à Manger
Dining Room
La Cuisine
Kitchen
Bring your imagination to
Life
Dark, gothic
Aesthetic
Create beautiful
Photography
Open your mind and
Explore
Bring a partner and
Connect
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.
- Anaïs Nin -
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
- Mark Twain -
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- Albert Einstein -
Welcome to Black Thorn
About
Black Thorn is a beautiful, clean, and private Victorian featuring dark, gothic decor. It is discreetly situated in the lovely Lake Merritt area of Oakland in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
Well-appointed and well-equipped, Black Thorn is able to accommodate a diverse array of creative scene play and offers an exploration of role play themes and classic power exchange dynamics.
Available to educators, artists, photographers, couples, and more, Black Thorn is well suited for cosplay performance art and is the perfect space for adventurous people looking to bring imagination to life.
Black Thorn is a safe space for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities. We support shared values of Inclusivity, Consent, and Respect for all people from all walks of life, backgrounds, gender orientations, and sexual identities.
Reach out for a consultation on available equipment or for help with setting your scene.
Please note that no illegal activities are allowed on premises, and all play is safe, sane, and consensual between adults of legal age.
Contact
For questions, send an inquiry to mail@black-thorn.org.
Educational Program
Black Thorn offers an educational program with online classes. Sign up for a class to learn new techniques, scene setting, safety protocols, consent agreements, communication skills, and much more! There is also a scholarship offered to students who are financially challenged and in need of assistance. If you are an educator, please reach out!
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Media Offerings
- Screen and projector
- Fast WiFi
- Versatile lighting
- Props
- Costumes
- Masks
- Wigs
- Camara stands
- Music in every room
Do one thing every day that scares you.
- Eleanor Roosevelt -
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
- Lao Tzu -
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
- Aristotle -
The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.
- Mark Twain -
Dreams are necessary to life.
- Anaïs Nin -
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
- George Carlin -
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
- Oscar Wilde -
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
- Dr. Seuss -
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
- Albert Einstein -