THE ELECTRIC BABY

April 21 – May 15, 2016
By Stefanie Zadravec
Directed by Randy Baker
  • Atlas Performing Arts Center

When Helen causes a car accident that kills a young man, a group of fractured souls cross paths and connect around a mysterious baby who glows like the moon. Folk tales and folklore weave throughout this magical story of sad endings, strange beginnings and the unlikely people that get you from one place to the next.

“Shine on You Crazy, Glowing Child”
– DCist

“A glowing baby is just the Beginning”
– DC THEATRE SCENE 

“Reality Just Isn’t Enough”
– THEATRE WASHINGTON

“The vivid evocation of heartbreak… The play comes across as a quiet but thought-provoking parable about the human capacity to make connections, and find meaning, in a chaotic world.”

The Washington Post

FEATURING

William Aitken
J. Shawn Durham
Jennifer J. Hopkins
Cam Magee
Kiernan McGowan
Sarah Taurchini

Designers

Set Betsy Zuck
Lighting Katie McCreary
Sound Thomas Sowers
Costumes Frank Labovitz

STAFF

Stage Manager Linz Moore Assistant Director Paul Lysek
ASM Sophie Barden
Assistant Lighting Designer Niomi Collard
Casting & Production Management Lee Liebeskind and Debra Kim Sivigny

PRODUCERS

Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick

MEDIA

PRESS

“As we enter the theater, the baby’s mother is sitting knitting in a wicker chair beside a white bassinet, and she is singing a lullaby or maybe keening. We do not know yet whether this child will survive. We cannot foresee how much loss will be borne nor how much hope will be born as the subsequent story circles elliptically through the lives of random strangers. But we are drawn from the beginning into a drama that does not let us go even after it is done.”
— DC Metro Theatre Arts
“Rorschach Theater’s powerful production of Stephanie Zadravec’s The Electric Baby examines the power of modern fables, as five strangers bonded by tragedy swing between extremes of stubborn self-delusion and painful acceptance.”
DC Theatre Scene