THE DOUBLE

Seattle, 2025

Staged across a disused office floor, The Double set Dostoevsky’s bureaucratic horror story in the Seattle tech industry, inviting audiences to choose their own way through a multimedia experience.

Photos by Sarina Solem

When a midlevel tech worker shows up to the office to find his new coworker is his exact doppelganger, it leads to an unraveling with far-reaching implications. Inspired by Dostoevsky’s novella, THE DOUBLE brought audiences into a real office floor, left abandoned after a mysterious incident and designed in filmic detail. Guests chose how to experience the story: sitting at a desk and watching depositions on glitching monitors, exploring and sifting through redacted documents, or peering into a glass-walled conference room where live performers moved just out of reach.

“Like being inside a memory you can’t quite place … a clever, eerie experience that lingers long after you’ve clocked out.”

—No Proscenium

  • “Can’t-miss.”
    —The Seattle Times

    "Likely resembles nothing most audiences have experienced recently or will experience again soon … a home run.”
    —The Sound on Stage

    "Strange and unforgettable.”
    —Seattle Magazine

  • Written by Michael Bontatibus
    Directed by Charlotte Murray
    Choreographed by Ashley Menestrina
    Stage Manager: Amanda Balter
    Assistant Stage Manager: Matthew Synthandone
    Lighting Design: Elizabeth M. Stewart
    Sound Design: Trey McGee

    Featuring performances by Michael Arellano, maia melene d'urfé, Carol Davis, Ashley Menestrina, and Josiah Miller