Chapel Street Players launch their 83rd season with 1984, the powerful and disturbingly provocative dystopian tale of a world ruthlessly controlled by a totalitarian government. Based on George Orwell’s chilling classic novel, 1984, adapted for the stage by Robert Owens,
submitted By Anthony Renaldi
The Pillowman, is a 2003 play in three acts by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. This black comedy tells the story of Katurian (Jimmy Van Buren), an amoral writer of fiction, who lives in an unnamed totalitarian state and who is interrogated regarding the gruesome content of his short stories because they closely resemble recent child murders in his town.
By Mike Logothetis
Somewhere at the confluence of Poe, Kafka and Tarantino lies Martin McDonagh’s spellbinding play,The Pillowman. While some would label this as black comedy, I believe it is more dramatic realism. The feelings I had when processing the Chapel Street Players production on my walk home from the theater dealt more with unhealthy realistic possibilities than with sinister “what ifs.”
But my own petty internal arguments should not stop you from getting a ticket to this week’s final run of shows — because this is a play you should experience.
“The Pillowman,” Chapel Street Players’ final production of the ‘16-’17 season is not for the faint of heart.
Simply put, it’s a black comedy about child abuse and child murder, detached from the real world with a futuristic police state setting. It’s a strange,
Dec 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16 @8pm / Dec 3, 10 @2pm / 2017
book by John Gordon
music & lyrics by Clark Gesner
directed by Jeff Robleto
music directed by William Fellner
choreographed by Dona Marie Pizzo
with the acting talents of Katie Brady,
Apr 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 @8pm / Apr 22 @2pm / 2018
written by Shelagh Stephenson
directed by Kathleen M Kimber
asst’ directed by Christie Cerminaro
with the acting talents of Susan Boudreaux, Dave Hastings,
Renee G. O’Leary FUNdraiser
Jun 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 @8pm / Jun 10 @2pm / 2018
written by Scott F. Mason
directed by Scott F. Mason
with the acting talents of Zachary Jackson, Patricia Lake, Courtney Lynahan,
