![]() ![]() His work is an extraordinary gift to actors, inviting them to exercise the full virtuosity of their craft. ![]() It’s the perfect antidote to division and devastation. "Rivera’s writing celebrates the precarious beauty of our brief but glorious time on earth. This experiential DMV premiere, which utilizes the full architectural potential of Spooky Action’s home at the Universalist National Memorial Church, offers a kaleidoscopic vision of the joy and pain of the human condition. In this immersive production, audience members journey through the landscape of each character’s mind to experience their most treasured memories, clandestine confessions, and climactic revelations. José Rivera’s Sonnets for an Old Century captures the psychic residue of ten lives in ten intimate, searing encounters in the afterlife. If you had one last chance to broadcast your story into the universe, what would you say? “Rivera’s script is STAGGERING AND LOVELY …a vibrant celebration of life in the midst of a somber dreamlike parade of the dead." – Chicago Stage Reader “ voice shimmers with imagery, at times yielding ABSURD COMEDY and, at other times, TRANSCENDENT BEAUTY ” – Theatermania ![]() PRODUCTION: Barrett Doyle (Set Design), Helen Garcia-Alton, Mike Durst (Lighting Design), Frederick Kennedy (Sound Designer), Stephanie Parks (Costume Design), Mark Williams (Projections Designer) and Holly Morgan (Production Stage Manager), and Frederick Kennedy (Sound Design) Directed by Elizabeth Dinkova, Spooky Action's new Artistic DirectorĬAST: Helen Hayes Awards nominees Lisa Hodsoll, Jamil Joseph , and Gabby Wolfe with Raghad Almakhlouf, Jared Graham, Jolene Mafnas, Victor Salinas, Kay-Megan Washington, including a special video appearance by playwright José Rivera ![]()
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