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Room by the Sea
By John Guerra
February 2026
Presented by Outside In Theatre, Coin and Ghost, and After Hours Theatre Company
Los Angeles, California
Access Dramaturgy and Coordination
A boy with a dream. A king with a secret. An island, shaped by grief and isolation.
Every day, the boy in the wheelchair sits by the window and dreams of flight, while his father – an architect – secures their tenuous place through service to the royal family. When the island’s king offers riches in exchange for a wonder – a structure larger on the inside than out – the architect begins to dream of more than just survival. But who is this impossible creation for? And what if his son has plans of his own?
By turns thrilling, lyrical, haunting, and intimate, John Guerra’s Room By The Sea is a new myth about invention & inheritance, about the harms we do in the name of love, and the bravery it takes to imagine a new world.
Image: On a dark stage, an actor illuminates a shadow puppet of a greek goddess with a lantern, which shows on the back wall behind steel bars. On a dark ribbon above, a caption is shown.
Image: A young man in a wheelchair faces a girl, who kneels, clasps his hands and smiles at him warmly. They are both in greek costume, as is the wheelchair: the wheels are covered in leather straps and cloth, a satchel hangs open on the side. She wears a flowing rose and sage colored draped dress, he wears peasant clothes; shirtsleeves with a yellow tunic and brown-striped pants.