In Otherworld Theatre Company’s Murder on Horizon: An Immersive Sci-Fi Noir, the cast and crew have devised an immaculate hyperspace straight out of a video game. The story begins when audiences step inside the theater, and the ensemble welcomes them into a new world. They’ve been transported onto the space station Horizon, situated in a […]
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Winter in the Wildwood is an earnest low-stakes fairy tale
Beyond a curiosity shop in a forest of Christmas trees, the lights of Wildwood have grown dim. The Winter Queen (Diane Berrios) is locked in a cursed sleep, and it’s up to intrepid quest adventurers new to this land (you!), led by intern/faun Juniper (Tiffany Keane Schaefer)—who also tends the apothecary/bar managed by Wilhelm the […]
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Otherworld Theatre faces social media onslaught
Allegations of mismanagement and harassment rock the fantasy/sci-fi theater.
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ALAS and Of Dice and Men examine the vulnerability of social bonds
Trap Door reimagines its aesthetic for film; Otherworld films a onetime live performance (sans audience).
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A note on this week’s special issue
Everything I need to know about coping with quarantine I learned from playing solitaire.
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Otherworld Theatre unites gamers and theater nerds
With VALHA11A, they’ve created their first online LARP.
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All your home’s a stage
The best online options for enjoying theater from local, national, and international companies
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Countess Dracula gives a Black warrior woman spin on Bram Stoker
A little more defiance of the genre would give this Otherworld Theatre show more bite.
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The video game’s the thing in Super Richard World III
Otherworld Theatre’s Stupid Shakespeare Company makes a low-budget, high-laugh debut.
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The D&D-Shakespeare mash-up Love’s & Labour’s is raw, messy—and endearing
Odd’s Bodkins has created a highly idiosyncratic production steeped in quirky earnestness.
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Corona boldly embraces every space opera cliche
Otherworld’s mashup of Greek mythology and Star Trek is campy fun.
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Medusa Undone argues that even gorgons suffer from rape culture
Otherworld retells the old myth from a feminist perspective.
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The Winter Wolf is so delightful, with its infinite capacity for wonder
Otherworld Theatre presents a cozy, nourishing holiday story.
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A man creates havoc among dogs to harass a woman because All I Want Is One More Meanwhile …
Otherworld Theater’s excellently plotted saga is enjoyable and moving.
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Odessa tries to shed some light, but only ends up going in circles
The production’s motivation and accents disappoint.