Best Enemies at Hatbox Theatre

Award-winning actors Christopher Savage (featured most recently in Richard II at the Hatbox) and G Matthew Gaskell (last seen on the Hatbox stage in the hilarious 8 by Eight) team up with award-winning local playwright, Michael Kimball to bring you Best Enemies, running August 17th through August 26th. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $17, $14 for members, seniors and students and $12 for senior members. Tickets can be purchased in advanced at www.hatboxnh.com or by calling 603-715-2315.

After a calamitous explosion on a Rodeo Cruise ship, two survivors are stranded alone on a deserted island: Rex, a grizzled rancher, resigned to his fate, wanting only to die in peace; and Cody, a rodeo clown with love in his heart for everything except silence. The two engage in an epic, comedic struggle to define the character of their civilization and the very nature of their survival.

“Part ‘Waiting for Godot,’ part ‘Lord of the Flies,’ with dabs of ‘True West’ and even ‘The Big Lebowski’, Best Enemies is a buddy/enemy play thick with the rugged animosity, absurdism, and primal whimsicality of two very different cowboys forced into insularity together.” -The Portland Phoenix