7 Rooms: The Masque of the Red Death

Flat Earth Theatre has gathered together 7 playwrights (Sari Boren, Hortense Gerardo, Gabriel Graetz, MJ Halberstadt, Michal Lin, Cliff Odle, and Kelly Smith), 7 directors (Jessica Ernst, David R. Gammons, Lee Mikeska Gardner, Shira Helena Gitlin, Johnny Nichols, Jr., Elizabeth Yvette Ramirez, and LaToya T. Robinson), 15 actors, 5 stage managers, and a plethora of other theatre artists to meet a moment of pandemic-era isolation with the radically collaborative project 7 Rooms: The Masque of the Red Death. Over the last  ~7 weeks, these playwright-director teams have dreamed up 7 short plays set in each of the 7 colorful rooms depicted in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Masque of the Red Death.”  From July 28th to August 15th, experience this theatrical kaleidoscope via Zoom hosted live by the eccentric noble Prospero, and travel to spaceships, speakeasies, basements, bonfires, and unexpected liminal spaces.

7 Rooms: The Masque of the Red Death is an immersive virtual theatre experience where audience members “choose their own adventure” as they navigate Prospero’s decadent end-of-the-world party while a plague devastates the world outside. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s deliciously macabre short story, “The Masque of the Red Death,” 7 playwright-director teams have created 7 fully staged short plays united by a live solo performance written by Amy Lehrmitt and directed by Lindsay Eagle featuring powerhouse actor Juliet Bowler as the gregarious host of the party, Prospero. These assembled works create an evening of theatre that explores isolation, connection, moral dilemmas, humor, and humanity during the time of plague.

Get a tour of the 7 Rooms and learn more at https://sevenroomsmasque.com/