Is This a Room
Is This a Room - 2021 Broadway History , Info & More
Is This a Room is the astonishingly true story of Reality Winner, the 25-year-old former Air Force linguist who was surprised at her home by the FBI on June 3, 2017. The play’s text is taken from the FBI transcript of her interrogation – and from these pages, Tina Satter has wrought an extraordinary human drama between Reality (Emily Davis) and the agents who question her. In this theatrical thriller, Reality’s life is upended before our eyes, and we’re left questioning American values and the very nature of the truth.
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Is This a Room Asks Questions America Can't Answer
8 / 10
Is This a Room dwells in a nebulous other-region, even now that it has moved uptown to Broadway. The 75-minute thriller is conducted in suspended time: You don't leave the show so much as you wake from it, shaking off its foggy, clinging, chilly mood. Satter and her company have built a highly choreographed event around a found text, the verbatim transcript (with redactions) of Winner's arrest at her home in 2017. Satter hasn't changed a single word, revealing the exquisite way lowercase-r reality can 'write' a text. On the page, the unscripted lines already throb with subtext and sing with terrifying overtones.
‘Is This a Room’ Broadway Review: Whistleblower Reality Winner’s Trauma in Her Own Words
7 / 10
If you knew nothing about Winner, this effectively staged transcript - let's not call it a play - offers a vivid portrait of group male intimidation of a woman. The FBI team features a good cop (Pete Simpson), a bad cop (Will Cobbs) and a clown cop (Becca Blackwell, who even sports orange hair). As Winner, Emily Davis suffers a slow meltdown into near-hysteria as the men, search warrant in hand, literally invade her personal space. The title refers to a room in her house where the interrogation takes place.
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by Nicole Rosky - November 3, 2021
BroadwayWorld has just learned that the Broadway productions of Is This a Room and Dana H., which were previously set to conclude performances next week at the Lyceum Theatre, will extend for an additional two weeks. Both plays will play their final performances on November 28, 2021.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 25, 2021
The Broadway productions of Is This A Room and Dana H. will conclude their limited engagement on Sunday, November 14 at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre (149 W 45th Street, New York, NY). Dana H. will play its final performance at 2pm on Saturday November 13, 2021. Is This A Room will play its final performance at 3pm on Sunday November 14, 2021.
by A.A. Cristi - October 20, 2021
From the producers of the critically acclaimed Broadway show IS THIS A ROOM, comes the true story of Reality Winner told by those closest to her and her espionage case, the new podcast THIS IS REALITY.
by Bruce Glikas - October 12, 2021
Is This A Room, conceived and directed by Obie Award winner Tina Satter, just celebrated its opening night at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre (149 W 45th Street, New York, NY), where it will play on a rotating schedule with Dana H., by Obie Award winner Lucas Hnath and directed by Obie Award winner Les Waters.
by A.A. Cristi - October 11, 2021
Is This A Room, conceived and directed by Obie Award winner Tina Satter opens tonight at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre. Let's see what the critics had to say!
by Bruce Glikas - September 27, 2021
Is This A Room, conceived and directed by Obie Award winner Tina Satter, just began previews on September 24, 2021, at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre (149 W 45th Street, New York, NY), where it will play on a rotating schedule with Dana H., by Obie Award winner Lucas Hnath and directed by Obie Award winner Les Waters. See who was in the audience!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 24, 2021
The Broadway productions of Is This A Room and Dana H. announced today their general rush policy. Is This A Room begins previews tonight, September 24, 2021, at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre where it will play on a rotating schedule with Dana H., by Obie Award winner Lucas Hnath and directed by Obie Award winner Les Waters. Find our how to get rush tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 10, 2021
Full casting and creative teams were announced today for the Broadway productions of Is This A Room, conceived and directed by Obie Award winner Tina Satter; and Dana H., by Obie Award winner Lucas Hnath and directed by Obie Award winner Les Waters, playing Broadway's Lyceum Theatre on a rotating schedule this fall.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 16, 2021
Vineyard Theatre members will have exclusive access to the Broadway engagements of Is This A Room and Dana H. beginning Monday, August 16 at 1:00 pm ET through Friday, August 20. Previews for Is This A Room begin September 24, 2021, with an opening night scheduled for October 11, 2021.
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Other Productions of Is This a Room
| 2019 | Off-Broadway |
Vineyard Theatre Off-Broadway World Premiere Off-Broadway |
| 2019 | Off-Broadway |
Vineyard Theatre Off-Broadway Return Engagement Off-Broadway |
| 2021 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
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