The setting is the aftermath of a series of gruesome child murders that take place in an unnamed totalitarian police state. A writer whose macabre fairy tales bear an eerie resemblance to the recent murders is interrogated by police officers who suspect a connection between the stories and the killings. What follows is a hard-hitting examination of the power, purpose, and nature of art.
Falcon Theatre's third production of its 2017-18 season is Martin McDonagh's bone-chilling black comedy The Pillowman, opening January 26. British Theatre Guide says the play has "hidden depths that will leave the amateur psychologists in the audience with much food for thought." Curtain Up calls it "a riveting and very original theatrical nightmare" and "a thrills-and-chills examination of the storyteller's art." The Pillowman is Falcon's second production of a McDonagh play in three years. The Beauty Queen of Leenane was staged as part of Falcon's 2015-16 season. Beauty Queen director Ed Cohen returns to direct Pillowman.Advisory: This play contains graphically violent content.
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