X
by Alistair McDowall
September 22 - October 27, 2019
sideshow theatre company
scenic designer Yu Shibagaki
costume designer Noël Huntzinger
lighting designer Jordan Kardasz
sound designer Michael Huey
projections designer Paul Deziel
★★★1/2!
"Sideshow’s production has left me haunted by the images and ideas that arise on the former Planet X... Green shows incredible skill."
Chicago Tribune
"So enjoyable... a stylish stew pot of anxiety and silence, served by a great cast... a sense of narrative experimentation that’s as dread-inducing and disorienting as it is philosophical."
New City Stage
First, they called it X. Then, the called it Pluto. Now, they're not calling at all.
Billions of miles from home, a lone research base waits to receive another message from Earth. It’s been three weeks. It’s never been this long. The crew attempts to maintain normal operations, but as the silence grows louder, the darkness outside the station starts to creep in.
