The Innkeepers

When four guests arrive at a remote rural inn for what appears to be a weekend getaway, the innkeeper, Arzu Amiri, reveals they are all bound together by a terrible event involving her son 17 years earlier. The characters enact and re-enact their shifting versions of what happened until Arzu arrives at her own truth and her own devastating decision.

When four guests arrive at a remote rural inn for what appears to be a weekend getaway, the innkeeper, Arzu Amiri, reveals they are all bound together by a terrible event involving her son 17 years earlier. The characters enact and re-enact their shifting versions of what happened until Arzu arrives at her own truth and her own devastating decision.

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The Innkeepers

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  • Daniel Prillaman: The Innkeepers

    Thunderous. A perfectly paced premise gives way to a tense and charged thriller, where we discover to what lengths parents will go (or won't) for their children. I love how far into this script we get with uncertainty reigning in the air. Is the truth mixing with infallible memory? Intentionally or unintentionally? Who's wrong? Who's misremembering? Who's lying? This is a knockout ensemble cast populating an incredible (and uniquely American) script, and we should be producing it everywhere.

    Thunderous. A perfectly paced premise gives way to a tense and charged thriller, where we discover to what lengths parents will go (or won't) for their children. I love how far into this script we get with uncertainty reigning in the air. Is the truth mixing with infallible memory? Intentionally or unintentionally? Who's wrong? Who's misremembering? Who's lying? This is a knockout ensemble cast populating an incredible (and uniquely American) script, and we should be producing it everywhere.

  • Elizabeth A. M. Keel: The Innkeepers

    The Innkeepers is psychologically gnarly and deliciously theatrical. I adored its thoughtful use of doubling tracks, and the inescapable pressure cooker of the "cozy" setting. The dialogue has a terrific, natural tempo, as the hostages - and their flashbacks - jostle up against each other to find the final truth. Spice up your season with this clever, memorable horror.

    The Innkeepers is psychologically gnarly and deliciously theatrical. I adored its thoughtful use of doubling tracks, and the inescapable pressure cooker of the "cozy" setting. The dialogue has a terrific, natural tempo, as the hostages - and their flashbacks - jostle up against each other to find the final truth. Spice up your season with this clever, memorable horror.

  • Giulianna Marchese: The Innkeepers

    I love it when a play takes advantage of being a play. The set evokes both a warm and comfortable inn and then shifts when it becomes an enclosed space. Characters embody others and old versions of themselves. And even the ending further engages the audience's imagination while also concluding the story. So many parts of this play exemplify theatricality.

    I love it when a play takes advantage of being a play. The set evokes both a warm and comfortable inn and then shifts when it becomes an enclosed space. Characters embody others and old versions of themselves. And even the ending further engages the audience's imagination while also concluding the story. So many parts of this play exemplify theatricality.

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Arzu Amiri, F, around 60, Iranian-American
Mike Dunne, M, around 60, white American
Connor Dunne, M, late 30s, white American; Mike’s son
Rosa Gomez, F, late 40s, Latina
Zach Johnson, M, around 50, son of an Iranian and a white American

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Queens Theatre, Year 2020

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