GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS Opens 23 May at State Theatre Centre

Black Swan State Theatre Company will present the modern masterpiece Glengarry Glen Ross from David Mamet, directed by Kate Cherry and starring Damian Walshe-Howling (Underbelly, Blue Heelers) and Peter Rowsthorn (Kath and Kim) in the Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA from Saturday 23 May to Sunday 14 June 2015.

Internationally acclaimed and the subject of a critically admired ?lm, David Mamet's Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning drama tells the story of salesmen struggling to stay a?oat in the cut-throat world of Chicago real estate.

Glengarry Glen Ross follows four real estate agents presented with a dilemma: sell undesirable property to unwilling buyers or ?nd a new job.

Ricky Roma (Damian Walshe-Howling) is the smooth talker, Shelly "The Machine" Levene (Peter Rowsthorn) is on a bad run, George Aaronow (Luke Hewitt) su?ers from low self-esteem and Dave Moss (Kenneth Ransom) is the bigmouth with dreams and schemes. With the o?ce manager, John Williamson (Will O'Mahony) selling prime leads for cash, the four men go to any lengths - including bribery, threats and burglary - to close the deal. Based partly on Mamet's experiences working in a Chicago real estate office during the late 1960s, the effect of this play when it first opened in 1983 was explosive, dealing with unbridled greed, desperation and ruthless ambition, but it was also bold and honest.

Equal parts snappy dialogue, black humour and verbal abuse, Glengarry Glen Ross is still a daring and incisive look at humanity.

Warning: contains frequent coarse language and adult themes.

Cast: Luke Hewitt, Ben Mortley, Will O'Mahony, Kenneth Ransom, Peter Rowsthorn, Steve Turner and Damian Walshe-Howling

Directed by Kate Cherry; Set & Costume Designer Richard Roberts; Associate Designer Patrick Howe; Lighting Designer Jon Buswell and Sound Design/Composer Ben Collins

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