A true story, still unfolding. June 3, 2017. A 25-year-old former Air Force linguist named Reality Winner is surprised at her home by the FBI, interrogated, and then charged with leaking evidence of Russian interference in U.S elections. Reality remains in jail with a record-breaking sentence. The FBI transcript of her interrogation is the heart of IS THIS A ROOM, conceived as a play and directed by Obie Award-winner Tina Satter, in which an extraordinary human drama unfolds between the complex and witty Reality, and the agents who question her. As Reality's autonomy shrinks before her eyes, a simmering real-life thriller emerges, asking what it is to have honor in this American moment, and how the personal can reverberate globally.
2019 | Off-Broadway |
Vineyard Theatre Off-Broadway World Premiere Off-Broadway |
2019 | Off-Broadway |
Vineyard Theatre Off-Broadway Return Engagement Off-Broadway |
2021 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Emily Davis |
2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Tina Satter |
2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Puppet Design | Amanda Villalobos |
2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design for a Play | Lee Kinney |
2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Unique Theatrical Experience | Is This A Room |
2020 | Obie Awards | Special Citation | Tina Satter |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Sound Design | Sanae Yamada |
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