The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies at Spooky Action Theater

The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies

Spooky Action Theater
1810 16th St NW Washington

An American mother and a Tibetan father must make a life-altering choice that will test their strength, their marriage and their hearts. Two Tibetan monks seek their three-year-old son. The boy is the reincarnation of a revered Buddhist lama, and the monks propose to take the child away for a life of spiritual training in India.

Thru - Jun 30, 2019

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 3:00pm

Price: $30 - $40

Box Office: 301-920-1414

www.spookyaction.org/current-productions.html

The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies Reviews

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DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy is a graceful meditation on motherhood: its joys, its sorrows, and its unforeseeable costs. Director Kathryn Chase Bryer offers a visually lovely and emotionally moving version of this magical play."

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- Sophia Howes

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"...This is a beautiful, tempered production that ultimately offers hope and a belief in the magic of the universe we inhabit. It's a journey well worth taking."

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- Mary Ann Johnson

DCTheatreScene - Recommended

"...Plenty of pop culture real estate-from The Omen to We Need to Talk About Kevin, to name a few-has been devoted to parents coming to terms with the possibility that their child may be pure evil. But grappling with a potentially holy offspring can be equally fraught, or so suggests The Oldest Boy, a play written by Sarah Ruhl currently having its DC premiere courtesy of Spooky Action Theater under the direction of Kathryn Chase Bryer."

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- John Bavoso

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

"...The central performance in Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy, now playing at Spooky Action Theater through June 30, belongs to the ensemble as a whole. The title character, a reincarnated Tibetan Buddhist lama, is brought to life not by a single actor, but by the seven actors that create his world. Some are more directly responsible than others - the puppeteers, for example, move him from one place to another, help him to look where he needs to, help him to hold things - but all are crucial to helping us believe in him. When his mother looks into his eyes, we think we can catch him breathing. It's a leap of faith on our part, one that yields some of the richest results any show will bring this summer."

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- Jack Read

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