Stereophonic is a dramatic stage play with music, written by American playwright David Adjmi.

Music written for the play was composed by Will Butler from the indie rock band Arcade Fire.

Despite the significant studio support, the members' individual conflicts coupled with mounting tensions among the group causes the recording process to take over a year.

Reg laments the state of his marriage and discusses his recent fascination with the Sausalito Houseboat Wars with Simon and Peter.

While recording "Seven Roads," Simon is frustrated by a ringing in the snare drums and becomes obsessive about fixing them, to the band and engineers' chagrin.

Grover frequently corrects issues while recording "Masquerade," and convinces a reluctant Simon to use a click track to stay on tempo.

Late December 1976 Diana struggles to hit a climactic high note while recording "East of Eden."

March 1977 Grover, distraught, reveals to Charlie that Holly and Reg have broken up as well, and laments the all-consuming task that recording the album has become.

Reg discusses the group's upcoming move to a recording studio in Los Angeles and his new relationship; Holly overhears and the two argue about rejection.

Afterward, Holly and Grover discuss the love scenes in Don't Look Now and Last Tango in Paris, particularly the former film's expression of grief.

The band and the engineers gather to discuss how to trim the runtime of the record; Diana refuses to remove verses from her songs, preferring to cut "Bright" entirely.

She also reveals that the entire band knew Grover had lied about his prior engineering experience, but Peter had pushed to hire him anyway.

Adjmi and Butler began working on the piece in 2014, with the project being workshopped in 2018 at the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab.

[21] In October 2024, a lawsuit was filed, alleging that the play Stereophonic infringes on the memoir Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album by Ken Caillat and Steven Stiefel.

The lawsuit claimed the play is an unauthorized adaptation of the book, detailing events similar to those in Caillat’s experience as a sound engineer and co-producer of Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album Rumours.