"The Pillowman" opens in an interrogation room in an unnamed totalitarian dictatorship, Katurian Katurian, a writer, is being interrogated by two detectives, Tupolski and Ariel. Next door, Katurian’s mentally disabled brother Michal waits. The detectives want to know why Katurian’s stories feature gruesome plots about child murder and torture, and in particular, why they seem to mirror a string of recent child murders in the area.
This brutal dark comedy from Martin McDonagh, the master of the horror-comedy, poses unanswerable questions: Can stories hold the power to cause atrocities? Where is the line between truth and fairy tale? Is a life of horror worth living at all? Drawing on inspiration as diverse as Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Kafka, and Antonin Artaud, "The Pillowman" is a dark, twisty, and utterly unforgettable masterpiece from one of Ireland’s most treasured writers.
Cast & Crew:
Katurian K. Katurian - Joey Mills
Michal Katurian - Austin Boudreaux
Detective Tupolski - Luke Morris
Detective Ariel - Duncan Thistlewaite
The Children - Billi-Jo Woods
Stage Manager - Cindy Hebert
Assistant Director - Logan Hensgens
Orchestrations & Piano - Caroline Munsell
Costumes and Lighting - Gina Baronne
Makeup - Leah Malone
Set Design - Duncan Thistlewaite & Andrew Vincent
Animation Design - Taylor Verrett
Director - Andrew Lee Vincent
This is the third production of The Tea Sippers' 5th season, following "The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" by Daniel Singer, Adam Long, and Jess Winfield and "The Rocky Horror Concert Show" by Richard O'Brien.
Performance dates:
January 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, & 30 at 7:30pm
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