News
National Tour
World Premiere of All Things Equal by Rupert Holmes launched in October 2022!
Check out the details in Playbill
Makeshift Chicago Stages
Featuring an Interview with Chicago Home Theater Festival Producers
THE SMUGGLER by Ronan Noone.
photo by DJ COREY PHOTOGRAPHY
Ronán Noone’s THE SMUGGLER was extended from Eaton House DC (New York Time’s top 100 places to visit in the world) to Round House Theater where it again extended two more times. Each run sold out within hours.
New York Times BEST OF 2019 Readers’ Picks
THE HIT SHOW OF THE YEAR DC Theatre Scene
STAFF PICK BEST OF THE YEAR DC Metro Theater Arts
It is possible for a good solo show to deliver some of the greatest magic in theater… Daugherty and director Laley Lippard have something special here. The Smuggler mixes pulpy crime story, slapstick comedy, and gut-punch social commentary, shakes them up, then pours out into an explosive cocktail that deserves to be enjoyed slowly. - DC Theatre Scene
With its timely story and singular, authentic presentation, "The Smuggler" is an arresting and memorable night of theater in the most perfect of settings, raising the bar for site-specific theater going forward.
- BroadwayWorld
This has to be one of DC’s coolest site-specific shows ever. And on top of the kick of the spirited ambiance, Solas Nua’s The Smuggler is a spellbinding, up-close-and personal drama about the struggle for survival and self-worth of documented and undocumented immigrants in America today. Laley Lippard’s direction is a marvel… particularly in Daugherty’s dramatic use of the space … (an) inspired use of … mixology, and an emotional arc that modulates through multiple octaves of meaning… It’s a first-rate fusion of play, place, and player that those fortunate to get into will be reminiscing about over drinks years from now. - DC Metro Arts