EditorialEmily Davis, center, as Reality Winner, with Will Cobbs, left, and Pete Simpson, who play F.B.I. agents, in the play “Is This a Room” at the Lyceum Theater in New York on Sept. 23, 2021. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, Will Cobbs, Pete Simpson and Emily Davis in “Is This a Room,” at the Lyceum Theatre in New York, Sept. 23, 2021. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialEmily Davis, center, as Reality Winner, with Will Cobbs, left, and Pete Simpson, who play F.B.I. agents, in the play “Is This a Room” at the Lyceum Theater in New York on Sept. 23, 2021. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)