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 […]
Otherworld Theatre faces social media onslaught
Allegations of mismanagement and harassment rock the fantasy/sci-fi theater.
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).
A note on this week’s special issue
Everything I need to know about coping with quarantine I learned from playing solitaire.
Otherworld Theatre unites gamers and theater nerds
With VALHA11A, they’ve created their first online LARP.
All your home’s a stage
The best online options for enjoying theater from local, national, and international companies
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.
The video game’s the thing in Super Richard World III
Otherworld Theatre’s Stupid Shakespeare Company makes a low-budget, high-laugh debut.
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.
Corona boldly embraces every space opera cliche
Otherworld’s mashup of Greek mythology and Star Trek is campy fun.
Medusa Undone argues that even gorgons suffer from rape culture
Otherworld retells the old myth from a feminist perspective.
The Winter Wolf is so delightful, with its infinite capacity for wonder
Otherworld Theatre presents a cozy, nourishing holiday story.
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.
Odessa tries to shed some light, but only ends up going in circles
The production’s motivation and accents disappoint.