The Last Days of Judas IscariotDrama
by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene, Pontius Pilate, Satan, Mother Theresa, and saints testify, but Judas is not the one on trial . . .God is.
This courtroom drama calls Pontius Pilate, Saints Peter, Matthew and Thomas, Mother Theresa, Caiaphas, Sigmund Freud, Mary Magdalene, and Satan himself to testify for or against Judas - who sits, catatonic, in Hell. But he is not really the one on trial. It is "all-compassionate God" Himself who is accused, at least in subtext, of centuries of refusal to forgive this last unreclaimed sinner. Historical figures slip in and out of the language of the streets here, each betraying human flaws. Guirgis grapples with unresolved conflicts in Biblical transcripts and theological interpretations of good and evil, flipping from the flip to the profound.
April 14-24, 2009 | Pavilion
Previews at 8pm: April 14, 16
Opening Night at 8pm: Friday, April 17
Evenings at 8pm: April 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Matinee at 2pm: April 18
