NEVERWHERE

August 16 - September 13, 2013
Adapted for the stage by Robert Kauzlaric
From the novel by Neil Gaiman
Directed by Jenny McConnell Frederick
  • Atlas Performing Arts Center

This page is for the 2013 production. For the 2017 production, click here.

A wounded girl appears on the London sidewalk in front of Richard Mayhew. Quickly he’s plunged into an underworld where heroes and monsters are real and where death waits in the dark of Night’s Bridge. Neil Gaiman’s heralded cult-classic novel is brought to vivid life in this visceral stage adaptation.

Feature Articles on Neverwhere:

The cast talks about how “The Nether Half Lives” in the WASHINGTON POST EXPRESS HERE

The WASHINGTON POST interviews Debra Kim Sivigny about her remarkable costumes HERE 

Co-Artistic Director Randy Baker talks about the Rorschach Theatre’s successful Neverwhere Kickstarter campaign in THE WASHINGTON POST Backstage column HERE and to DC THEATRE SCENE HERE

Director Jenny McConnell Frederick talks to METRO WEEKLY about “Staging the impossible” HERE

Director Jenny McConnell Frederick talks to DC THEATRE SCENE about NEVERWHERE, exorcising demons and about finally getting t-shirts HERE 

“A brilliantly haunting tale with cracks of sparkling magic woven seamless into every element of the production, it’s the most mystifying show you’ll see all season.”

DC Metro Theatre Arts

FEATURING

Daniel Corey
Emma Jackson
Jennifer Knight
Lee Liebeskind
Cam Magee
Scott McCormick
Liz Osborn
Colin Smith
Christian Sullivan
Sarah Taurchini
Ryan Tumulty
Grady Weatherford

Designers

Set David C. Ghatan
Costumes Debra Kim Sivigny
Lighting Cory Ryan Frank
Sound Veronica J. Lancaster
Props Andrea “Dre” Moore

STAFF

Stage Manager Robin Covington
Assistant Director Catherine Tripp
Fight Choreographer Casey Kaleba
Asst. Costume Designer Lauren Cucarola
Asst. Set Designer Swedian Lie
ASM Jonelle Walker
Technical Director Ian Jordan
Master Electrician Colin Dieck Vocal/Dialect Coach Jenna Berk
Dramaturg Megan Reichelt

PRODUCERS

Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick

MEDIA

PRESS

“The inventive Rorschach Theatre has a flair for cult fantasy, but the troupe has upped its game big-time for the sprawling Neverwhere.”
The Washington Post
“Lovers of fantasy and graphic novels will eat up the whole demonic enchilada, especially the deliciously gruesome touches—the squeaky patter of the rats, the audioscape of dripping water and echoing groans, the crumbling London Underground signs and crumbling columns that hint at the world above ground, the 360-degree staging that envelopes you in every aspect of the experience.”
DC Theatre Scene
"Gaiman fans will leave thrilled they’ve seen their favorite tome or BBC series fleshed out so thoroughly. But fans of books alone don’t sell out theaters: Brilliant, 3D productions do."
Washington City Paper