PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN VENUE. WHY TORTURE IS WRONG WILL BE PRESENTED AT 405 E. MARSH LANE, NEWPORT, DELAWARE 19804 – LOCATED IN THE NEWPORT INDUSTRIAL PARK ONE BUILDING DOWN AND BEHIND FROM TILE MARKET. PLENTY OF FREE PARKING.
“Christopher Durang, our Poet Laureate of the Absurd, has written a smashing new play.” — NY Observer.
“You may laugh yourself silly at this silly symphony whose every movement is a scherzo.” — Bloomberg News.
“Is there a living playwright more willing to take on the big-picture questions with such unwavering trust in the power of the truly silly?” — NY Newsday.
Christopher Durang turns political humor upside down with this raucous and provocative satire about America’s growing homeland “insecurity.”
WHY TORTURE IS WRONG AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM tells the story of a young woman suddenly in crisis: Is her new husband, whom she married when drunk, a terrorist? Or just crazy? Or both? Is her father’s hobby of butterfly collecting really a cover for his involvement in a shadow government? Why does her mother enjoy going to the theatre so much? Does she seek mental escape, or is she insane? Honing in on our private terrors both at home and abroad, Durang oddly relieves our fears in this black comedy for an era of yellow, orange and red alerts.
CAST
Jim Ludovici as Leonard
Karina Balfour Croskrey as Felicity
Gail Wagner as Luella
Matt Dell’Olio as Zamir
Sarah Joy Stone as Hildegard
Michael Sheldon as Narrator/Looney Tunes
Shamus Halloran as Rev. Mike
Directed by Rosanne DellAversano
PERFORMANCE DATES:
Thursday, March 14 @ 7:30 pm
Friday, March 15 @ 8:00 pm
Saturday, March 16 @ 8:00 pm
Sunday, March 17 @ 3:00 pm
TICKETS: $18 Adult / $15 Senior / $12 Student & Military
VENUE: 405 E. Marsh Lane, Newport, DE 19804 – Free Parking.
Enjoy a meal before the show at James Street Tavern just blocks away.