Spooky Action Theater — Attraction in Washington

Great use of black box space A church converted so one can view of the world’s moral compass in an evening of theater Their plays are less “spooky” usually, but this reading actually was intentionally spooky In general I’ve observed they gravitate towards open minded thinking, exposing the charlatanry of societal norms, behavior, and religion. Even the notion of free will becomes suspect under their microscope. I saw my first play here 5 years ago “Kafka on the Shore” I’m saddened it’s taken me this long to come back This is theater for the mind. That questions the philosophy of your soul. leaving you with no real answers, It does make forgetting what the question was in the first place all that more enjoyable A definite cerebral feast for...

We saw a great play (The Oldest Boy) in a wonderfully surprising location (the basement of a church). The cast pulled us right into the story and had me looking straight into the eyes of a puppet who was manipulated right in front of our eyes by various members of the cast and voiced brilliantly by Al Twanmo, a local actor with national credits. And there I was suspending my disbelief and relating to the one non-human "cast" member. The emotions of the Mother (played stunningly by Jenna Sokolowski) were believable, and given the intimacy of the setting (a church basement!) I was wishing I could console her myself. All in all, great setting, great cast, great production. Looking forward to...

A fabulous opening night of 'The Dragon' yesterday. As a first time at Spooky Action Theater, I was very impressed by the excellent actors, artistic quality of the performance and overall experience at this DC community theater. As if being in a spectacular home based live theater ! Indeed, entertainment 'par...