by Rod Serling
First published 2018
The boundary between reality and nightmare dissolves as familiar situations turn strange. A traveler finds himself in a town that shouldn't exist. A woman discovers her reflection behaves independently. A man realizes his memories belong to someone else. These are the stories that emerge when the ordinary world cracks open to reveal something else underneath. Anne Washburn adapts Rod Serling's television scripts for live theater, while Richard Jones directs actors through scenarios where logic fails and impossible things happen. The stage becomes a place where science fiction meets psychological drama, where characters must navigate worlds that operate by different rules. Each story asks what happens when the comfortable assumptions of daily life prove false.
Genres: science-fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Period: 20th-Century
128 pages · Paperback · Methuen Drama