Rec Room 2019/20 At-A-Glance

BOLD, INNOVATIVE, & REVOLUTIONARY THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.

2019/2020 SEASON

STAND TOGETHER AND JOIN THE REVO “SHOWS THAT RESONATE WITH US AS MODERN AUDIENCES...SHOWS THAT ARE OFTEN JUST BETTER THAN WHAT WE SEE ELSEWHERE” -HOUSTON PRESS “A LOCAL BUSINESS YOU SHOULD SUPPORT” -THRILLEST “ONE OF DOWNTOWN’S BEST KEPT SECRETS...PROVIDES A HUB FOR INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCES” -DOWNTOWN HOUSTON

“ONE OF HOUSTON’S FINEST THEATRE COMPANIES” -HOUSTON CHRONICLE “AT THIS POINT, IT’S PAR FOR THE COURSE TO CALL A PRODUCTION

BY THE FOLKS AT THE EXCITINGLY INVENTIVE REC ROOM ARTS, A KNOCKOUT” -HOUSTON PRESS “...BEAUTIFUL DIRECTING AND PERFORMANCE TOUCHES THROUGHOUT” -ARTS+CULTURE TX

A REC ROOM ARTS THEATRE SEASON PASS IS YOUR TICKET TO REVOLUTIONIZING THEATRE IN HOUSTON AND BEYOND. Netflix, 24-hour news, @twitter: they’re baseless diversions of fake-entertainment.

Fun(?) for a while, but yikes.

Be part of a movement that brings us together rather than rips us apart. A rallying cry for radical culture. Transformantive stories that challenge and celebrate where we’ve come from, where we are, and where we might go.

A Season Pass is a way you can create excellent experiences that actually make you want to come back to the theater :)

OLUTION

THE CHILDREN “AN ASTONISHMENT! BRISTLING WITH CHILLS AND SUSPENSE.” -The New York Times “CLEAVER AND HEARTBREAKING” - New York Magazine “THIS IS SCI-FI…WITH REAL PEOPLE, REAL DILEMMAS, REAL SCOPE. IT’S REALLY GOOD.” -Time Out

“GRIPS COMPULSIVELY.” -The Guardian “THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND HAUNTING.” - NY Daily News “PROFOUND, PROVOCATIVE & EMOTIONALLY HARROWING.” - NY1 News

NOVEMBER 9 - DECEMBER 7 written by LUCY KIRKWOOD directed by BRANDON WEINBRENNER TONY AWARD NOMINEE: BEST PLAY HOUSTON PREMIERE Two retired nuclear engineers in an isolated cottage on the lonely British coast as the world around them crumbles. Together they are going to live forever on yogurt and yoga, until an old friend arrives with a frightening request.

PASS OVER “SEARING, DARING, BLAZINGLY THEATRICAL AND THRILLINGLY INTENSE.” -The New York Times

“PROVOCATIVE AND EXQUISITELY WRITTEN.” -TheaterMania “A MASTERPIECE OF MODERN DRAMA.” - TheaterMania “INGENIOUS, POETIC AND UNSETTLING. AN INTIMATE AND POLITICAL PLAY THAT WILL LEAVE YOU SHAKEN.” – Time Out

“GUT-WRENCHING… DARKLY UNSETTLING PLAY” - The Hollywood Reporter

FEBRUARY 8 - 29 written by ANTOINETTE NWANDU directed by MEKEVA MCNEIL HOUSTON PREMIERE Moses and Kitch stand around on the corner— talking shit, passing the time, and hoping that maybe today will be different. A provocative mashup of Waiting for Godot and the Exodus saga, Pass Over exposes the unquestionable human spirit of young men dreaming about a promised land they’ve yet to find.

“SHOULD BE ON EVERY THEATERGOER’S ‘MUST SEE’ LIST” - Broadway World

APPROPRIATE “REMARKABLE AND DEVIOUS.” -The New York Times “SUBVERSIVELY ORIGINAL.” - The New York Times “AN EXCEPTIONALLY BRILLIANT PIECE OF WRITING...GUTPUNCHINGLY HONEST WORK” -Time Out “BILIOUSLY FUNNY.” -Washington Post “EFFORTLESSLY AND BELIEVABLY TAPS INTO A WHITE FAMILY’S DYSFUNCTION, INFUSES THE SCRIPT WITH UNFORCED, VIPERISH HUMOR”

MARCH 28 - APRIL 18 written by BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS directed by JULIA TRABER OBIE AWARD: BEST NEW AMERICAN PLAY HOUSTON PREMIERE The estranged members of the Lafayette clan have returned to Arkansas and their crumbling old plantation home to settle the accounts of their recently deceased patriarch. As they sort through a lifetime of hoarded mementos and junk, the discovery of a gruesome relic and a surprise visitor send the family into a spiral of explosive confrontations, repressed histories, and regret.

– Entertainment Weekly

THE WOLVES

“YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS” - Chicago Tribune “ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST NEW PLAYS” - The New York Times “BRILLIANT...AN UNFORGETTABLE, DEEPLY MOVING DRAMA” - Entertainment Weekly “HILARIOUS. SHATTERING. EXTRAORDINARY” - The Hollywood Reporter “LEAVES YOU...BREATHLESS” - Newcity

“PACKS A PUNCH” - The New York Daily News “NOT TO BE MISSED”

MAY 23 - JUNE 13

- The Hollywood Reporter

written by SARAH DELAPPE directed by SOPHIA WATT PULITZER PRIZE: FINALIST HOUSTON PREMIERE Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals.

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