Two lovers disappear amidst a once-in-a-lifetime storm. A neighborhood unravels as residents try to explain the unexplainable. Step inside an electrifying new immersive story inspired by true events of 1933.

SPARKED: The Vanishing at Buzzard Point invites audiences into the Five Dead Horses Tavern, a bar outside of time. The bar’s regulars lead guests on an exploration through space and time, weaving in and out of four different locations at The Stacks while the stories of one unimaginable occurrence unfold through audio, video, visual installations and performances.

A feral fable of teenage lifeguards untangling the mysteries of life amid bratty kids, killer ping pong, and endless whistle-twirling — until an impossible stranger appears at the moonlit pool and changes everything.



Jonathan Spector is a Tony Award-winning playwright based in Oakland, California, whose work has been produced on and off-Broadway, regionally and internationally. His plays include Eureka Day (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award & Dorian Award) and This Much I Know (Edgerton Award, Glickman Award, BATCC Award).

More than 30 DC-based theatre artists come together to create six fresh new 10-minute plays in just 10 days. All six plays are inspired by a single piece of visual art.