Down the Road

×

Expand

Eric Schabla

Two Crows Theatre Company, 2/27-3/8, Slowpoke Lounge, Spring Green, at 7:30 pm Thursdays-Fridays (no show 3/5) and 1 & 6 pm Saturdays-Sundays (no 1 pm show 2/29). $25/$20.

press release: by Lee Blessing

February 27 – March 8

Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret

Tickets on sale now:

twocrowstheatre.org $20 - $25

Two Crows Theatre Company’s third production of their second season will be Down the Road by Lee Blessing. Down the Road opens February 27 in the theater at Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret and runs until March 8, 2020. Directed by APT Core Acting Company Member James Ridge, the play centers around a serial killer, Bill Reach, who has admitted to the murders of nineteen women and claims he has even more to divulge. A young married couple are hired to help him write his story, but the closer they get to the truth, the more uncertain things become. A dark thriller that questions the consumption of violence as entertainment and the dangerous pliability of the mind.

“This play takes you down that dark road in your mind to explore why we are increasingly drawn to consume dark, violent subject matter. Why can’t we turn our eyes and ears away from shows like Making of a Murderer, and The Jeffrey Dahmer files? This play asks the incredibly relevant question – are we learning something by engrossing ourselves in these stories, or are we, in fact, creating celebrities out of the people who have committed horrific acts?” -Two Crows Artistic Director Robert R. Doyle

Down the Road will feature Jeb Burris and APT Core Acting Company Member Melisa Pereyra as husband and wife Iris and Dan Henniman, as well as Two Crows Artistic Director Robert R. Doyle as Bill Reach. 

*Note: This play contains strong language and adult themes. It is not suitable for persons under the age of 16.

What critics have said about the play:

‘...compelling theater...Blessing has a penchant (and a skill) for probing his chosen issues with intelligence and respect for their complexity, his dramatic style is clear and simple.’ —Variety.

‘It's a delicately textured, beautifully balanced morality play in the guise of a psychological drama. It is a most serious and intellectually rewarding play.’