25 - 26 Season
For 25+ years, the award-winning and nationally recognized Rorschach Theatre has been known for its bold use of theatrical space and its dedication to impossible fantastical realism.
OUR explosive new season immerses audiences in new and unexpected adventures all year long.
SO LATE INTO THE NIGHT
By SHAWN NORTHRIP
Directed by JENNY FREDERICK MCCONNELL
October 4 – November 2, 2025
Take a seat at the table as Mary Shelley gathers her friends and lovers to look into the afterlife. On the precipice of writing her masterpiece Frankenstein, Mary discovers someone from the future is looking back. SO LATE INTO THE NIGHT is an unforgettable rock séance in DC’s iconic Buzzard Point neighborhood.
DRAGON PLAY
By JENNY CONNELL DAVIS
Directed by RANDY BAKER
April 17 – May 17, 2026
A circle in the snow. The smell of sulphur. The beating of wings. Here be dragons, as two stories of love and longing intertwine – a woman and the man she married are visited by a dragon who was once her lover, as a boy tries to learn what it will take to be with the dragon girl who lands in his rural Texas town and changes his life.
AMERICAN APPARITIONS
A PSYCHOGEOGRAPHIES PROJECT
Created by Randy Baker, Kylos Brannon, Jenny McConnell Frederick, and Jonelle Walker
May – September 2026
Delve into the ghosts, divinations, and delusions of a country on its milestone anniversary and revive long dead Americans whose presence continues to vibrate through our Capital City.