Saturday, March 31, 2012
American Repertory Theater of WNY
Directed By
Matthew LaChiusa
Featuring Patrick Cameron; David C Mitchell; Stephanie Bax; Jessica Wegryzn; Scot Kaitanowski
Buffalo East
1410 Main Street
Presents
KILLER
JOE
Written
By Tracy
Letts
Featuring Patrick Cameron; David C Mitchell; Stephanie Bax; Jessica Wegryzn; Scot Kaitanowski
Buffalo East
1410 Main Street
April
13th-May 5th
Buffalo,
NY--With the fourth show of the 2011-12 season, American Repertory Theater
of WNY presents the Americana psycho-drama, KILLER JOE at the Buffalo East, 1410
Main Street from April 13th to May 5th. This hyper-active story of destain,
desperation, murder and Texas is written by Tracy Letts, who is best recognized
for his 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY.
With the
background of a Texan trailer home, Chris Smith (played by Patrick Cameron) owes
$6,000 to folks who aren't in the business of making long-term loans. He
convinces his pot-smoking father ANSEL (Scot Kaitanowski) and the queen of the
damned, step-mother, SHARLA (played by Stephanie Bax) that they could make some
fast money by cashing in on his own mother's life-insurance policy. Seeing that
this could only be done by having her actually dead, CHRIS enlists the
services of hired executioner, KILLER JOE COOPER (played by David C Mitchell) to
perform this part of the plan. Since the family does not have the upfront
service fee, KILLER JOE decides to keep CHRIS' sister DOTTIE (played by Jessica
Wegryzn) as full-time "retainer". Agreed, everything seems to go according to
CHRIS' plan until the real plan backfires on him, and he decides to skip town
with DOTTIE.
First produced
in 1993 by the Next Lab, KILLER JOE is Tracy Letts' first play and gives a
crisp, focused look into his writing style that evolved into other popular works
including AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, BUGS and SUPERIOR DOUGHNUTS. "However, this work
is not a warm glass of milk with a nice sugary doughnut," cautions
Executive/Artistic Director Matthew LaChiusa, "This is a three-alarm bowl of
chili served with a 16 oz can of PBR. It's what Letts is all
about."
Opening on
April 13th (Friday), KILLER JOE is a 2- ticket ride through an Americana
poor-working white family funhouse that reflects a type of society filled
with anti-heroes, sociopaths and frauds that make up early-21st century American versions of role models. Ticket prices are
$15/$12 for Students & Military/$10 Industry.
Showdates & Times
April 12th (preview--free to public)
April 13th, 14th (7:30 pm)
April 19th, 20th & 21st (7:30 pm)
April 26th, 27th & 28th (7:30 pm)
May 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th (7:30 pm)
For further information or to order tickets please
visit ART's website at www.artofwny.org or call 634-1102 (9am to 4:30 pm
M-Sat).
