very still & hard to see

April 10 - May 10, 2015
By Steve Yockey
Directed by Randy Baker

NOMINATED FOR FIVE 2016 HELEN HAYES AWARDS:
Outstanding Play
Outstanding Director of a Play, Randy Baker
Outstanding Set Design, Brian Gillick
Outstanding Sound Design, Frank DiSalvo
Outstanding Lighting Design, Robbie Hayes

From the theatre company that brought you Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere and from the director of She Kills Monsters and The Minotaur, comes Rorschach Theatre’s latest theatre event, Very Still & Hard to See – a darkly funny mash up of Japanese ghost stories, Twilight Zone mystery and Stephen King horror.

Buck Mason is a talented young architect with a terrible secret. When he awakens dark forces slumbering beneath his latest construction project, he strikes a deal that will forever curse this grand hotel by the sea and all those who walk through its doors. For decades, unsuspecting guests encounter an evil that finds their darkest places and holds on to them: they are possessed by angry spirits; they are pulled into bottomless holes; they witness giant sea monsters emerge from the dark water below; and they meet new lovers who may or may not be trying to eat them. The strange encounters grow until at last it becomes clear: sometimes bad things do happen for a reason.

“A magnificent and utterly riveting production.”

FEATURING

Shravan Amin
James Finley
Peter Finnegan
Amanda Forstrom
Kari Ginsburg
Jennifer J. Hopkins
Farrell Parker
Colin Smith
Sarah Taurchini
Yasmin Tuazon
Ryan Tumulty

Designers

Set Brian J Gillick
Costumes Debra Kim Sivigny
Lighting Robbie Hayes
Sound Frank DiSalvo Jr
Props Britney Mongold

STAFF

Stage Manager Sarah Magno
AD Bridget Grace Sheaff
Fight Choreographer Casey Kaleba
ASM Emily Mellon
Technical Director Christian Sullivan
Master Carpenter Nicholas Perlato
Master Electrician Jeanie McAlpine
Movement Consultant Amanda Forstrom
Dance Choreography Sarah Taurchini

PRODUCERS

Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick

PRESS

“Almost seems to breathe in soft, unholy pulses.”
Washington City Paper
“one of the most original uses of the Lang Theatre one is ever likely to see there again.”
DC Metro Theatre Arts
“Very Still & Hard to See is an immersive carousel of horrors that will have you checking the locks and looking under the bed.”
DC Theatre Scene