Vineyard Theatre kicks off its 2019-2020 Off-Broadway season with Is This A Room, conceived and directed by Tina Satter.
(Photos by Carol Rosegg)
6 images A true story, still unfolding. June 3, 2017. A 25-year-old former Air Force linguist named Reality Winner is surprised at her home by the FBI, interrogated, and then charged with leaking evidence of Russian interference in U.S elections. Reality remains in jail with a record-breaking sentence. The FBI transcript of her interrogation is the heart of Is This A Room, in which an extraordinary human drama unfolds between the complex and witty Reality, and the agents who question her. As Reality’s autonomy shrinks before her eyes, a simmering real-life thriller emerges, asking what it is to have honor in this American moment, and how the personal can reverberate globally.
The Vineyard Theatre has announced a 2-week extension for its current production of Is This a Room, conceived and directed by Tina Satter, which began previews on October 3, 2019, ahead of an official opening on October 27 (read our 4* review). The limited engagement will now come to a close on November 24, 2019 (instead of November 10).
The Vineyard Theatre has now announced casting for the first production of its upcoming 2019-2020 Off-Broadway season. The previously announced production of Is This a Room, conceived and directed by Tina Satter, will star Emily C. Davis (as Reality Winner), Becca Blackwell (as Unknown Male), Pete Simpson (as Agent Garrick), and TL Thompson (as Agent Taylor). Is This a Room is scheduled to begin previews on October 3, 2019, ahead of an official opening on October 27 and a limited engagement through November 10, 2019.
In a rare instance, an FBI transcript was declassified. Tina Satter, who conceived and directed Is This A Room, now playing at the Vineyard Theatre, immediately realized the value of this unique moment of history and transparency in any administration. Verbatim for 70 minutes the transcript of Reality Winner (Emily Davis) being arrested by the FBI is reenacted.
