Theater: The Pillowman
UMass Theater presents Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman,
Nov. 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 at 8 p.m.
Nov. 10 and 17 at 2 p.m.
Martin McDonagh writes some of the most intense, challenging and thrilling plays making their way to theaters these days, and we're pleased to present this recent work by him. When writer Katurian Katurian is implicated in a grisly series of murders that parallel the plots in his books, he is subjected to brutal questioning by officials in the police state where he lives. His interrogations are interspersed with his narration of the stories he writes and his interactions with his developmentally disabled brother, who, we find, may know more than he has let on about the murders. Dealing with hot button topics like torture, imprisonment, freedom of speech and responsibility to one's family, this stirring play is sure to spark lively debates.
