What is Spooky Action? Albert Einstein coined spooky action at a distance to describe a bit of quantum mechanics even he found incredible: two particles can become entangled such that, forever after, a change in one is matched by instant change in the other, no matter what the distance between them. The prediction has since been proved. MORE
2008 - 2009 Season: Dreams of Women Dancing by Michael A Stang Directed by Jessica Lefkow A New WorkShop production April 26, 2009 Black Box Theatre, Montgomery College with Dave Coyne, Jessica Drizd Aimone, Carter Jahncke, Stephanie Lagerlef and Carol McCaffrey An art conservator working in Paris hears opera not performed in 100 years and sees buildings as they were a century ago. Is he going mad? The strange truth is the spirit of a great master has important business to complete. And our hero's hand holds the brush. MORE
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulkakov Directed by Patrick Torres Febuary 13 -Mars 8, 2009 with Carter Jahncke, James Gagne, Joshua Drew, Janey Richards, D Grant Cloyd, Karen Novack and Joshua Singer .
Beckett Duo: Krapp’s Last Tape & Ohio Impromptu by Samuel Beckett Directed by Richard Henrich October 31 - November 23, 2008 Black Box Theatre, Montgomery College Featuring Carter Jahncke“Krapp’s Last Tape is about memories: A handful of one old man’s highly specific memories, each one hard-wired with a different, shattering emotion. Jahncke prowls the stage, he sighs with sybaritic relish as he successfully threads his reel-to-reel, gets well and truly gobsmacked upon listening to a description of a beautiful woman he’s long since forgotten, and dismisses his younger self’s spiritual dabbling with unalloyed rage." - CityPaper MORE
2007- 2008 Season: Dizzy Miss Lizzie's Roadside Revue Presents The Oresteia based on Aeschylus Music and Lyrics: Debra Buonaccorsi and Steve McWilliams Book by: Debra Buonaccorsi 2008 Capital Fringe Festival selected dates from July 11 - July 26, 2008 If the ancient Greek playwright, Aeschylus had gone on tour with Led Zeppelin, Woody Guthrie and a carnie troup, this is what he would have written. A tale of blood, guts and vengeance, Aeschylus’s Oresteia, re-charged. Rowdy, raucous, loud and literate: Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue Presents The Oresteia. MORE
THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO by Christopher Durang Directed by Perry T. Schwartz June 5 – June 29, 2008 Black Box Theatre, Montgomery College With Katie Atkinson, Gerald B. Browning, William C. Cook, Joe Cronin, Mary C. Davis, Bill Gordon, Martha Karl, Ellen Mansueto, David Rothman and Mundy Spears Wicked and dazzling. Thirty years of divorce, alcoholism, madness and death in a wacky family world turned inside out. Wielding the sharp edge of farce, Durang strips an unlikely lode of irony and improbable laughter from the bone yard of his past. MORE
Fool for Love By Sam Shepard Directed by Kasi Campbell Feb 14 – Mar 9, 2008 Black Box Theatre, Montgomery College with Stewart Walker, Halsey Varady, Manolo Santalla and James Gagne "Walker, hollow-eyed and unshaven, is superb ... perfectly matched with Verady, who radiates sexuality like a star radiates heat. With this production, Spooky Action Theater establishes itself beyond question as a significant force in Washington theater. " -- DCTheatreScene.com MORE
Dark Rapture by Eric Overmyer Directed by Paul Takacs Nov 8 – Dec 2, 2007 Black Box Theatre, Montgomery College A fire in the Hollywood hills. A charred corpse in the rubble. Whose body is it? And where is the seven million dollars? The mob is probably going to want that back. Sex, death, money and mystery. Spooky Action brings film noir to the stage. MORE
365 Days 365 Plays by Susan–Lori Parks Directed by Richard Henrich Sep 14 – Sep 15, 2007 Black Box Theatre, Montgomery College A week from Suzan-Lori Parks’ play-a-day cycle. A meditation on an artistic life. Some plays are short, less than a page – and others last forever. MORE
2006-2007 Season: A Swedish Tiger by Göran Gillinger and Jens Östberg Directed in Sweden by Jens Östberg Directed in DC by Richard Henrich Jul 20 – Jul 25, 2007 Woolly Mammoth Rehearsal Hall, Capital Fringe Festival Abba, blondes, IKEA and neutrality. And a closet of dark secrets from WWII. In a fast paced, pop culture riff on the dangers of apathy in times of war and injustice. MORE The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K LeGuin Directed by Richard Henrich May 31 – Jun 24, 2007 Black Box Theatre, Montgomery College Holy Ghosts by Romulus Linney Directed by Richard Henrich Mar 8 – Apr 1, 2007 Black Box Theatre, Montgomery College
2005-2006 Season: Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll created, performed and written by the original members of The Manhattan Project Directed by Richard Henrich May 11 – Jun 4, 2006 Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint Rameau's Nephew by Denis Diderot adapted by Shelly Berc & Andrei Belgrader Directed by Richard Henrich March 8 – April 2, 2006 Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint Save the Leopard by TJ Edwards Directed by Richard Henrich Oct 12 – Nov 6, 2005 Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint
2004: Checkpoint by Nicholson Baker directed by Richard Henrich Oct 24 – Oct 26, 2004 The Warehouse Next Door
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