The Chamber [Vassar’s Powerhouse Theater 2025]

Part of The Tank residency
Devised and Written by Members of Hook & Eye Theater
Directed by Carrie Heitman

In 1628 Brussels, Alexandrine Von Taxis, the imperial postmistress, runs something more than mail through the empire’s hands. In present-day Follansbee, West Virginia, Charley Gibson works at her family’s hardware store, where lockers hold more than tools. One misplaced letter. One break-in. The consequences could be larger than anyone expects. As 17th-century operations collide with contemporary Appalachia, The Chamber explores how resistance takes shape through cunning, risk, and subverting laws. Devised by Hook & Eye’s ensemble, this darkly funny, time-jumping play trades projections for physical performance, gesture, and sound to tell a story of quiet power, bold ingenuity, and the cost of doing what you’re not supposed to.