CHEMICAL EXILE: SYNTHESIS

July 7 - July 24, 2022
Created By Randy Baker, Kylos Brannon, Jenny McConnell Frederick, Doug Robinson, Shayla Roland, Jonelle Walker
Directed by Randy Baker
  • R2 Labs at Waterfront Centre
    800 9th Street SW
DIGITAL PROGRAM

When chemist Teddy Morris left Amsterdam to return to her hometown this fall, it was not the DC she remembered. A stranger followed her around the city, her memories were coming apart at the seams and a man claiming to be her dead dad had become a controversial faith leader. Over the next six months, her life took a swerve she never saw coming.

This summer, Dr. Theodora Morris cordially invites you to tour the R2 Labs where she and her colleagues are hard at work developing a chemical compound that may punch a hole through space time and allow those displaced from alternate realities to return home. Probably.

This live performance is the culmination of CHEMICAL EXILE, Rorschach’s seven-chapter immersive adventure across the city. The show be enjoyed with or without participation in the first seven chapters.

“Rorschach Theatre’s CHEMICAL EXILE excites the mind and ignites curiosity with unique storylines incorporating the fascinatingly rich history of DC.”

DC Metro Theatre Arts

FEATURING

Erik Harrison
Nathanael Hatchett
Jen Rabbitt Ring
Arika Thames
Roz Ward
Baakari Wilder

Designers

Set Nadir Bey, Sarah Beth Hall, and Grace Trudeau
Costumes Paris Franchesca
Assistant Costume Designer Cody Von Ruden
Lighting Dean Leong and James Morrison
Sound Gordon Nimmo-Smith and Veronica J. Lancaster
Props Rooster Skylar Sultan
Video Kylos Brannon

STAFF

Stage Manager Valarie McFatter
Associate SMs Alika Codispoti and Caraline Jeffrey
Assistant SMs Emma Sloane and Paige Willis
Technical Director Simone Schneeberg
Master Electrician Elliott Shugoll
Production Manager Adam B. Ferguson 

PRODUCERS

Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick

MEDIA

PRESS

“Chemical Exile is an undeniably fun and unique experience. Perfectly executed emotional highs and lows all seamlessly woven together within a curious sci-fi premise make for a night full of wonder and genuine enjoyment for all audiences displaced across realities.”
DC Theater Arts
“Chemical Exile’s gift is in its thoughtful, self-reflexive world-building. At its best, Synthesis fulfills that brief by asking us to, as Velouria says, “look again,” whether at the beautiful, inventive rooms designed by Nadir Bey, Sarah Beth Hall, and Grace Trudeau; the ties that bind a family, despite its existential dysfunctions; or the city that inspired it all, which earned a fittingly spectacular salute at the show’s climax.”
Washington City Paper
…immerses all participants in a dynamic environment of light, sound, and sensation…asks us to consider the forces…that have brought us to this particular time and place.
MD Theatre Guide