Two Washington Premieres!

As we welcome in the New Year, the pace picks up here at Spooky Action Theater as we prepare for our mainstage season productions. This season, we are looking forward to bringing you The Realistic Joneses by Will Eno, as well as Maple and Vine by Jordan Harrison. DC-local directors Gillian Drake and Stevie Zimmerman take on these two introspective dramas that will take audience members on a journey to launch your imagination! 

​2020 begins with the Washington premiere of The Realistic Joneses, by critically acclaimed playwright Will Eno. Two couples find they share a lot more than their last names.  Ever stumbling towards meaningful relationships, humor caps their encounter with an unsettling truth that lies just below the surface.

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Our 2020-2021 season starts in the Fall with Maple and Vine, by Jordan Harrison, directed by Stevie Zimmerman. Big City dwellers Katha and Ryu have become disenchanted with their 21st-century lives. How far will they go -- how far would you go to alter your life in the pursuit of happiness?

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​"Reality is something we make up as we go along, and this season laughter lights the way. Our modern American plays show characters unmoored from the habits of convention -- characters whose simple acts of daily life become deft improvisations.  We follow their daring exploration, guided by humor and by heart.  And at the end of the day, we realize now is always the right moment to reinvent the world."

- Artistic Director Richard Henrich