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HOI presents Lucas Hnath's 'The Thin Place'

House of Ithaqua is set to return for another autumn at the Cherry Artspace with their production of Lucas Hnath's The Thin Place, running for six showings October 18-19 and 24-26. 

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This November "Pontypool" by Tony Burgess

This audio horror drama centers on disgraced radio DJ Grant Mazzy, who finds himself live on air as the small Canadian town of Pontypool descends into a chaotic violence of unknown origin.

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Shadows of 2020

We're proud to be co-producing 'Shadows of 2020', a free community playwriting workshop that will meet weekly from February to May, led by Artistic Director AJ Sage and Sara Stamatiades from the Cornell English Department.

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We pledge to take action

The unique circumstances intersecting widespread civil rights protest in our country and the Covid-19 "pause" has given every theatre company the opportunity to gaze inward and inspect its own complicity in the systemic racism endemic to our culture. Not only to inspect, but also to affect positive change.

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Upcoming Productions

In light of current events, we have decided to hit the pause button this summer and focus our energy on preproduction for the exciting season we have planned starting this Autumn at the Cherry ArtSpace.

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2018-2019 Year in Review

It’s been one year since our first production. Thank you to all of the incredible artists we’ve had the chance to collaborate with.

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Ithaca top 10: 'The Skriker'

The House of Ithaqua’s production of “The Skriker” is listed as no. 2 on the Ithaca top 10 list!

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House of Ithaqua Presents The Skriker

"I'm going to be around when the world as we know it ends." So says The Skriker, the eponymous character at the center of Caryl Churchill's 1994 play by the same name, which House of Ithaqua will stage at The Cherry ArtSpace November 15-17 and 21-23.

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More horror in Store

The original impulse was also towards supernatural darkness, but now has landed more on the darkness of the everyday. Straddling those two poles is HOI’s latest venture, “The Pillowman” by Martin McDonagh, opening this Thursday at Risley Theatre.

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Newest Act in Town: House of Ithaqua arrives in time for spooky season

House of Ithaqua, a newly created, privately funded multimedia organization that specializes in horror and weird fiction. The group’s name is derived from Ithaqua, a yeti-like monster that’s featured in H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos; Lovecraft is also one of Teitelbaum’s major influences.

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Something wicked this way comes

A new kind of theater company is coming to Ithaca hoping to fill a niche in the scene: dark commentary theater that explores the horrors of life we all face.

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