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Lobby Hero

From the Dramatists Play Service: Lobby Hero - nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play, tells the story of Jeff, a luckless young security guard trying to get his life together after being thrown out of the navy. But the lobby proves to be no sanctuary from the world, as Jeff is drawn into a local murder investigation involving his supervisor, a tightly wound young man called upon to bear witness against his troubled brother, and an overzealous and beautiful rookie policewoman, who is in over her head with her unscrupulous hero-cop partner. As the plot unfolds truth becomes elusive, and justice proves costly, as the New York Times review said () motives come in every shade but black and white in Lobby Hero.

Jason Zinoman of the New York Times writes that Lobby Hero is the best new American drama of the first decade of this century, and calls it Lonergans most searching, philosophical drama. He says Lobby Hero, a moving drama colored in shades of gray, is not formally daring, but in its tone and genre it defies easy description. Its a comedy, a romance and a play of ideas rolled into one. Low-key melancholy is intercut with sparks of hopeful wit. You may find your point of view toward the characters changing several times before the curtain. NYT

Richly entertaining work from one of the most important American writers working today.
-USA TODAY

A masterpiece. The best drama, the best comedy, and the best romance all rolled into one.
- TIME OUT

Directed by Staci Robbins

With
DYLAN THOMAS MARSHALL
SCOTT SHETTIG
MERRITT GLOVER
VAUGHN IRVING