September 24, 2026 – October 11, 2026
Runtime: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission.
A raging snowstorm traps strangers Olivia, an unsuccessful, yet gifted, thirty-nine-year-old writer, and Ethan, a tech-addicted and wildly successful young blogger, in a secluded cabin. Opposites instantly attract, undeniable chemistry ignites and sex is imminent. As the dawn rises, however, what could have just been a one-night-stand transforms into something more complicated when online exploits interfere with their real-life connection.
Calendar for SEX WITH STRANGERS
Getting Here
Doris Harper-White Playhouse
11 West Cherry Street
Historic Downtown Flagstaff, AZ
11 West Cherry Avenue
11 West Cherry Avenue, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
CREATIVE TEAM
Matthew Windham has directed for theatre companies in Utah, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Arizona, including, most recently, Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival’s The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). He produced, co-wrote and co-directed a solo production of Shakespeare’s Richard II, which toured to numerous international theatre festivals from 2021-2023. He co-wrote and performs in the 2025 Viola Award Finalist Simply Silly Shakespeare, which he has toured to libraries, schools, county fairs, and multiple AZ theatres. He is a recipient of two individual artist grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Other recent works include FlagShakes’ Emma (writer—adapted from Jane Austen), King Lear (actor—Kent) Shakespeare on Pluto (writer and actor), Stargazer Collaborative Theatre’s Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (actor—The Player), and the independently-produced science-communication comedies Tongue & Cheek: The Science of Flavor (writer, solo actor) and The Parasite Play (co-writer, actor). Matthew is also a Private Chef serving Flagstaff and Sedona: chefwindham.com.
Scenic Design
Matthew Herman (Scenic Designer) Select credits include: CCAE Theatricals: The Curious Incident of the Dog…, Witnesses (World Premier), Every Brilliant Thing, Once, Joseph and the…Dreamcoat. Sierra Rep: Hair, Wizard of Oz. Rubicon Theatre Company: Crazy Mama (World Premier), Bonnie & Clyde, A Cowboy Lullaby, . Diversionary: The Mystery of Irma Vep. San Diego Musical Theater: Matilda, Legally Blonde. Arizona Broadway Theater: Cinderella, Newsies (Media Design), Little Mermaid (Media Design), On the Town (Media Design). Barn Stage Company: James and the Giant Peach, Songs for a New World, Chess in Concert, Peter and the Starcatcher, Spring Awakening, Urinetown. UC San Diego: Othello, What of the Night?, and How to Use a Knife (WNPF 2016). Cypress College: The Curious Incident of the Dog…and Carrie: The Musical. Off-Broadway and Regional Assistant credits include: Escape to Margaritaville (La Jolla Playhouse – Walt Spangler), Summer (La Jolla Playhouse – Robert Brill), Ain’t Too Proud (Berkeley Rep. – Robert Brill), and Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (The Atlantic Theater Company – Narrell Sisson). MFA in Scenic Design from UC San Diego.
IG: @MHermanDesign www.MatthewHermanDesign.com
Kurt Ottinger-Lighting Design. Kurt is happy to be designing for Theatrikos for the first time. He is a Chicago based lighting and sound designer who retired after 31 years as theatre technical supervisor/resident lighting and sound designer for the Northbrook Theatre in Northbrook, IL. Kurt has designed lighting for Brightside Theatre, Northbrook on Ice, York High School, St. Patrick’s High School, Loyola Academy, Big Noise Theatre, Highland Park Players and many other groups over the years.
Sound Design
ESSIE WINDHAM is a multimedia artist focusing on visual storytelling through interconnected mediums. Windham has been a puppeteer on Saturday Night Live, the lead puppet artist for the Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors (NYC), an Emmy nominated puppet artist for Helpsters currently airing on Apple+, and a puppet artist for NBC, Disney, HBO, SONY, and 20th Century Studios. They are honored to contribute to Theatrikos. Love you, Moonbeam.