Walking Shadow’s 2024-2025 season features the regional premiere of a hilarious critique of gender and ambition, a world premiere about the arrest and censorship of Broadway’s most sultry starlet, plus our newest immersive theatrical play with puzzles!
Witch
Written by Jen Silverman
Directed by Cody R. Braudt & Amy Rummenie
March 22 – April 13, 2025
Open Eye Theatre
A charming devil arrives in the quiet village of Edmonton to bargain for the souls of its residents in exchange for their darkest wishes. Elizabeth should be his easiest target, having been labeled a “witch” and cast out by the town, but her soul is not so readily bought. As the devil returns to convince her – and then returns again – unexpected passions flare, alliances are formed, and the village is forever changed. An inventive riff on a Jacobean drama, this sharp, subversive fable debates how much our souls are worth when hope is hard to come by.
Mae West and the Trial of Sex
Written by John Heimbuch
Directed by Allison Vincent
May 31 – June 22, 2025
at Crane Theater
Extra! Extra! Provocative Playwright Mae West Runs Afoul of Broadway Censors, Her Popular Play SEX Raided for Obscenity. Tammany Hall claims it was necessary to prevent West’s new homosexual drama, THE DRAG, from corrupting the youth of New York. The sultry starlet faces time in the slammer if she doesn’t amend her immoral ways and stop SEX at once!
Mae West and the Trial of Sex draws from court documents, newspapers, and West’s own plays to explore the overt sexuality and curious queerness of her rise to fame, in this world premiere production by Artistic Director John Heimbuch.
Zerolands
A Play with Puzzles – Coming soon!
Written by Liz Hara
Directed by John Heimbuch
Designed by David Pisa
The Zerolands: a fictional dimension of adventure and whimsy, where memories rise up like fireflies. T. I. Nilson’s beloved novel is considered the birth of dimension-jumping children’s literature. Join a passionate college professor who discovers that the book’s surreal landscape may hold secrets more profound than the brightest scholars have yet conceived. Are you ready to journey through the Zerolands?
Zerolands is a cross between theater and escape room. It is a live, scripted performance with actors; it’s also an immersive, interactive experience where the small audience is the hero, exploring a detailed environment and solving large-scale, hands-on puzzles.