The Pillowman

Written By Martin McDonagh
Directed By Billy Ray Brewton

May 10-12 & 17-20, 2007
Thursday-Saturday Nights at 8pm
Sunday Matinees at 2:30pm

Performed at Martha Moore Sykes Studio Theatre at the Virginia Samford Theatre

With echoes of Stoppard, Kafka, and the Brothers Grimm, The Pillowman centers on a writer in an unnamed totalitarian state who is being interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a series of child murders. The result is an urgent work of theatrical bravura and an unflinching examination of the very nature and purpose of art.

Featuring: J.J. Marrs, Brad Riegel, Saxon Murrell, Richard Scott, with multimedia performances from Alex Arnold, Todd Ponder, and Debbie Smith

Martin McDonagh is an award-winning playwright whose works include: THE PILLOWMAN (Tony nominee, Best Play 2005; Olivier Award Winner 2004), THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE (Olivier Award Winner, Best Comedy 2003), THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE (Tony nominee, Best Play 1998), THE LONESOME WEST (Tony nominee, Best Play 1999), A SKULL IN CONNEMARA, THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, THE BANSHEES OF INISHEER, THE RETARD IS OUT IN THE COLD, DEAD DAY AT CONEY. Other works include “Barney Nenagh’s Shotgun Circus,” “Suicide on Sixth Street,” “In Bruges,” “Seven Psychopaths,” “Six Shooter” (Oscar, Best Short 2006).