DRAGON PLAY

April 17 - May 17, 2026

By Jenny Connell Davis
Directed by Randy Baker

  • The Stacks @ Buzzard Point
    101 V Street SW, Washington DC 20024
DIGITAL PROGRAM

 

A circle in the snow. The smell of sulphur. The beating of wings. Here be dragons, as two stories of love and longing intertwine – a woman and the man she married are visited by a dragon who was once her lover, as a boy tries to learn what it will take to be with the dragon girl who lands in his rural Texas town and changes his life.

Rorschach returns to perform at The Stacks in Buzzard Point for this intimate epic about who we become, what we leave behind, and what we set on fire.

A fire pit will be waiting on the corso after the show. Bring something you’re ready to release—a memory, a name, a story that no longer serves you.  Offer it to the flames and watch it transform. Some endings deserve a little ceremony.

RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 13 AND UP for adult language, sexual situations, pregnancy loss, and quick bloody violence. For more details, please email info@rorschachtheatre.com.

Running Time: 80 minutes, no intermission.

"Fantastical Ambition"

WASHINGTON POST

FEATURING

Erin Denman
Erik Harrison
Bri Houtman
Ben Ribler
Jalen Wilson-Nelem

Understudies

Philip Cullen
Michael Dillahunt Jr
Rocelyn Frisco
Sedona Salb

Designers

Set Sarah Beth Hall
Assistant Set Designer Megan Holden
Costumes Jessica Utz
Lighting Hailey LaRoe
Sound Maddie “Mo” Oslejsek
Props Aoife Creighton
Intimacy and Fight Choreography Lorraine Ressegger

STAFF

Production Manager Sophia Menconi
Technical Director Sean Flaherty
Production Electrician Molly Jane Brennan
Stage Manager Josh Diewald
Assistant Stage Manager Melanie Kurtz

PRODUCERS

Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick

MEDIA

Photos by DJ Corey Photography

PRESS

“Be prepared for a different kind of experience. The always innovative Rorschach company has transformed an unfinished retail space in Buzzard into a magical theatrical lair. It’s evocative, mysterious, and we are waiting for dragons.”
DC THEATRE ARTS
“As the lore comes into focus and revelations soar with satisfaction, “Dragon Play” mediates on the experiences — the growing pains, the loves, the sacrifices — that shape us. No dragons are slain, but demons are certainly exorcised.”
THE WASHINGTON POST