SONNETS FOR AN OLD CENTURY

Spooky Action Theatre

Washington, DC

Written by José Rivera

Director: Elizabeth Dinkova

Lighting Designers: Mike Durst and Helen Garcia-Alton

Scenic Design: Barret Doyle

Costume Designer: Stephanie Parks

Sound Designer: Frederick Kennedy

From Spooky Action’s Website:

If you had one last chance to broadcast your story into the universe, what would you say?

José Rivera’s Sonnets for an Old Century captures the psychic residue of ten lives in ten intimate, searing encounters in the afterlife. In this immersive production, audience members journey through the landscape of each character’s mind to experience their most treasured memories, clandestine confessions, and climactic revelations. This experiential DMV premiere, which utilizes the full architectural potential of Spooky Action’s home at the Universalist National Memorial Church, offers a kaleidoscopic vision of the joy and pain of the human condition. (Running time: approx 90 minutes)
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​From the Director:
"Rivera’s writing celebrates the precarious beauty of our brief but glorious time on earth. It’s the perfect antidote to division and devastation. His work is an extraordinary gift to actors, inviting them to exercise the full virtuosity of their craft. In this communion with the afterlife, rendered experientially in the surreal labyrinth of the Universalist National Memorial Church, I hope to evoke the startling, electrifying feeling of being alive, here and now.”

Photographer: DJ Corey

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