Drama, Thriller
March 7-23, 2025
The State Theater
75 mins - no intermission
PG-13
A true story, still unfolding. June 3, 2017. A 25-year-old former Air Force linguist named Reality Winner is surprised at her home by the FBI, interrogated, and charged.
The verbatim FBI transcript of her interrogation is the heart of Is This a Room, conceived as a play by Obie Award-winner Tina Satter, in which an extraordinary human drama unfolds between the complex and witty Reality, and the agents who question her. As Reality’s autonomy shrinks before her eyes, a simmering real-life thriller emerges, asking what it is to have honor in this American moment, and how the personal can reverberate globally.
“Harlequin’s Is This a Room is among the best shows I’ve seen in years.” – NWTheatre
“See Is This A Room at you earliest convenience. Tell your friends.” – OlyArts
“I left the theatre feeling electrified” – The Jolt News
“…it’s surprising not just in how interesting it is, but it’s even more surprising in how thrilling and exciting it is.” – The Sound on Stage
General Tickets
Senior/Military Tickets
Student/Youth Tickets
Rush Tickets
$48
$45
$33
$24 General/$5 Youth
There is a $3 processing fee and a $2 facilities fee per ticket
Original Broadway Production Produced by Dori Berinstein, Sally Horchow and Matt Ross
Tina Satter/Half Straddle: IS THIS A ROOM Reality Leigh Winner Verbatim Transcription Premiered at The Kitchen on January 4, 2019, produced by Half Straddle
IS THIS A ROOM received its off-Broadway premiere at the Vineyard Theatre, October 21, 2019, Douglas Aibel, Artistic Director, Sarah Stern, Artistic Director, Suzanne Appel, Managing Director
Cast & Creative
DirectorAaron Lamb
Aaron Lamb
Aaron is the Producing Artistic Director of Harlequin Productions. As an actor, he has worked in Seattle for Village Theatre, Taproot Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, and Seattle Shakespeare Company, and has worked regionally throughout the country. Aaron was awarded a Seattle Critics (Footlight) Award for his work as Lord Goring in An Ideal Husband at Taproot Theatre, the Memphis Critics (Ostrander) Award for Best Actor as Jerry in The Full Monty at Playhouse on the Square, a Kennedy Center award for Best Actor for his work as Samuel Coleridge in Grasmere, and an OC Weekly Award for his work as Peck in How I Learned to Drive. Aaron holds an MFA in acting from California State University, Fullerton, a BA from Washington State University, and is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association.
Jeannie Beirne is the Resident Scenic Designer for Harlequin Productions. She has also enjoyed working with The Olympia Family Theatre, Saint Martin’s University, and South Puget Sound Community College. In Missouri, she has designed Urinetown and The Music Man with Missouri Western State University, and The Drowsy Chaperone, She Loves Me, and Damn Yankees for Tent Theater. In Arizona, Jeannie designed Mama and Jack Carew and the world premiere of Suocera by Hal Corley at the Theatre Artists Studio and Big Love with Kim Weild at Arizona State University.
Olivia is honored to be joining Harlequin Productions for the first time! Although she is now a Chicago-based actor, she grew up in Issaquah aspiring to perform on a PNW stage, so she feels blessed to have her debut with this story. She received her BFA in Acting from Illinois Wesleyan University. Credits include The Wolves and Appropriate (IWU), Twelfth Night (Emerald Theatre), various film opportunities, and the production of her play The Moon. Olivia sends hugs and gratitude to her family, dog, and loved ones around the country. oliviafinkelstein.com
Scott is thrilled to return to Harlequin. He’s worked with most of the South Sound theatres, and favorite roles include Mark Rothko in Red (SecondStory Rep); Salieri in Amadeus, RP McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Lakewood Playhouse); Lennie in Of Mice And Men (Stagedoor Productions); Father Flynn in Doubt (Gold From Straw); Bobby in the world premiere of Sins of the Mother, and Special Agent R. Wallace in Is This A Room (Harlequin Productions). Film work includes: Depth, The Hollow One, A Bit of Bad Luck, and Scrapper, and was in the final season of SyFy’s Z Nation. He has also been seen in local, regional and national commercials, and has been heard in audio books, commercials, and other Voice Acting work. Scott received his theater degree from Western Oregon State College. My thanks to Aaron, the wonderful and talented cast, as well as the crew/staff/ for all the support. And to Katie, my theatre widow, who lets me pursue my passions.
Ann has been lucky enough to be a part of the Harlequin family since back in the Washington Center days, appearing in more than 20 productions. She was most recently seen as Unknown Male in Is This A Room earlier this season. Some past favorite productions include: The Highest Tide; I Ought to Be in Pictures; August: Osage County; Present Laughter; To Kill a Mockingbird; Fighting Over Beverly; End Days; The Last Schwartz; Frozen; A Streetcar Named Desire, and Arcadia. On the other side of the stage at Harlequin, Ann directed Dry Powder and La Bete. She earned her bachelor’s degree in theater from Lewis & Clark College. It’s a delight to be a part of this grand production and creative ensemble.
Meet Anna Okrasinski-Maddox, Featured Artist for IS THIS A ROOM
An Artist Reception to welcome Artist Anna Okrasinski-Maddox to Harlequin will be held on Thursday, March 6 from 5:30-6:30 pm in the State Theater Lobby. All are welcome, light refreshments will be served.
