The Wonderful World of Dissocia presented by Theater Alliance at Anacostia Playhouse

The Wonderful World of Dissocia

Anacostia Playhouse
2020 Shannon Place SE Washington

Lisa Jones has been feeling a bit off. One hour off, in fact; the hour she lost when her flight to London crossed the Greenwich meridian at the exact moment daylight savings time ended. To retrieve her wandering hour, Lisa must take a journey…to Dissocia, where cars fly, bears sing, and the Black Dog King reigns. This wildly inventive, fearlessly smart, and relentlessly surprising play by the author of last season's The Night Before Christmas will take you places you never expected and will never forget.

Presented by Theater Alliance

Thru - Jun 28, 2014

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 2:00pm & 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm

Price: $35

Show Type: Drama

Running Time: 2hrs ;one intermission

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The Wonderful World of Dissocia Reviews

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Washington Post - Highly Recommended

"...These and other zany characters give a bracingly weird luster to “The Wonderful World of Dissocia,” the intensely funny and unsettling play that Theater Alliance has staged at the Anacostia Playhouse. Written by contemporary Scottish playwright Anthony Neilson — and ably directed here by Colin Hovde and Nathaniel Mendez — “Dissocia” piles quirk upon quirk, and disturbing detail upon disturbing detail, until the fever-dream storyline becomes just a touch exasperating. And then, with a sudden plot twist it would be a shame to reveal, the weirdness pays off and the play gains a new layer of emotion and meaning."

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- Celia Wren

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...If you like great acting and want to know what it must be like to be mentally ill and to suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder, go see The Wonderful World of Dissocia, directed by Colin Hovde and Nathaniel Mendez, who facilitate great acting."

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- Yvonne French

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"...Theatre Alliance’s production of The Wonderful World of Dissocia at the Anacostia Playhouse is a delightful exercise in misdirection. Advertised as the fantastical story of a woman on a quest to retrieve a lost hour of her life (think an overtly sexual and violent Alice In Wonderland), The Wonderful World of Dissocia is replete with subtle British humor, absurdly dramatic situations, and, of course, humans dressed as animals."

- Jennifer Minich

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

Directors Colin Hovde and Nathaniel Mendez and the superb company of actors deftly blend humor and horror to produce an awesome piece that leaves everything on the stage—challenging the audience to confront the worst of human tendencies and maladies with tenderness.

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- Kelly McCorkendale

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The Wonderful World of Dissocia presented by Theater Alliance at Anacostia Playhouse