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‘Is This a Room’ Review: A Transcript Becomes a Thrilling Thriller Beneath the dry words of an F.B.I. interview, a new play unearths a world of interior terror.

Congratulations to ensemble member Pete Simpson and the entire cast and creative crew on the recent Broadway opening of IS THIS A ROOM with fellow downtown company Half Straddle. Pete portrays FBI agent Garrick and "is so commanding in the role...that he makes his virtuosity appear accidental, inevitable" (–The New Yorker). Catch Pete in this thrilling verbatim-transcript interrogation of Reality Winner on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre through January 16.

Image: Will Cobbs, Pete Simpson, and Emily Davis by Chad Batka

Check out Tina Satter, Emily Davis, and Pete Simpson on NPR discussing Is This A Room!

This new Broadway play doesn't have a script — but it does have a transcript Is This a Room is based entirely on the transcript of the FBI interrogation of Reality Winner, the former NSA contractor who was imprisoned for leaking classified information.

Kristina Satter featured in The New York Times talking about Is This A Room on Broadway

Their Downtown Hits Are Now Sharing a Broadway Stage Tina Satter’s “Is This a Room” and Lucas Hnath’s “Dana H.” are performing in rotation at the Lyceum. They spoke about the significance of telling the true stories of living people.

What a pleasure to see director Tina Satter featured alongside some notable names in Town & Country's round-up of Broadway talent this season! Read more - https://bit.ly/39LQcEf

The New York Times declares, "EVERY WORD WILL STRETCH YOUR NERVES TO SNAPPING."

Performances begin TONIGHT! Tickets are available to experience the thrill of here - https://isthisaroombroadway.com/

Director/Deviser: Tina Satter The downtown artist didn’t ever expect or hope to be on Broadway, but her docutheatre piece ‘Is This A Room’ has defied expectations all along.

We are thrilled to see in lights on the Lyceum Theatre marquee! Tickets are now available at IsThisARoomBroadway.com.

"As you watch her dissolve from the inside, what emerges with force is a sympathetic and specific portrait of a young woman trying to do the right thing in a very wrong time."
-Time Out New York