INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS
written by Ryan Spahn
directed by Knud Adamswith Jack DiFalco, Lou Liberatore, Mallory Portnoy, Dana Scurlock
set design by Lindsay G. Fuori
lighting design by Paige Seber
sound design by Peter Mills Weiss
costume design by Siena Zoë Allen
prop design by Sean Frank
stage managed by Jakob W. Plummer
Out of the Box Theatrics, site specific, 2024
The New York Times: Feature Interview
REVIEWS
“Ryan Spahn’s new play, brilliantly staged by Knud Adams in a West Village theatre’s green room, dives right into the paralyzing heart of suspense for 95 minutes… Under Adams’ always-sharp direction, this is a not-to-be-missed pressure cooker.”
Juan A. Ramirez, Theatrely
“Director Knud Adams expertly guides the action from low-key, humorous backstage chatter to slow-burning tension, leaving room for nervous laughter as the circumstances become increasingly appalling; so deftly does he handle the opening of that gym bag that a woman in the front row, seated inches away from the action, kept muttering, ‘Oh no. Oh no.’”
David Barbour, Lighting & Sound America
“I felt like a ghost prying into something I wasn’t supposed to.”
Paola Bellu, Stage and Cinema
“The play is artfully staged and masterfully acted… As he did with the ensemble casts of English and Primary Trust, Adams makes these very different actors inhabit the same world, so we never question that we are invisible observers in this Rochester green room.”
Zachary Stewart, TheaterMania
(photos by Thomas Brunot)