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Capital T presents KILLER JOE by Tracy Letts
Warning: Killer Joe contains nudity, cigarette smoke, gunshots, violence, and adult situations
Killer Joe
Capital T presents
Killer Joe
by Tracy Letts
Directed by Mark Pickell
July 23rd-August 8th
Thursday-Saturday at 8pm
Hyde Park Theatre
511 W 43rd St.
Austin, Texas 78751
Tickets $15-$25 (sliding scale at the door) $20 online
479-PLAY
Heads roll, shatter and blow in KILLER JOE, the savagely funny, pitch-dark comedy by Pulitzer Prize Winning playwright Tracy Letts (AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY).
The play focuses on the Smith family, a greedy, vindictive clan of trailer-trash Texans who hatch a plan to murder their estranged, naggy, alcoholic matriarch to cash in on her insurance policy. Unable to bring themselves to do the deed, they hire Killer Joe Cooper (Ken Bradley), a full-time cop and part-time contract killer. Once he steps into their trailer, their simple plan quickly spirals out of control.
running time: 1 hour 30 minutes with one 15 minute intermission
Cast
Killer Joe Cooper - Kenneth Wayne Bradley
Chris Smith - Joey Hood
Sharla Smith - Katie DeBuys
Ansel Smith - Joe Reynolds
Dottie Smith - Melissa Recalde
ABOUT THE PLAY
Originally staged at the famed Steppenwolf Theatre KILLER JOE has gone on to be performed in 15 countries in 12 languages since its Chicago debut. It won top honors at the Edinburgh, Scotland, Fringe Theater Festival in '94, then played to sellout audiences at London's The Buck and West Theater during a four-month run in which it won the Time Out Award as the Best Play of 1995. In 1998 it found an off-Broadway home at the 200-seat Soho Playhouse.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Tracey Letts is a Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning Playwright as well as an accomplished actor. He won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for his searing family drama AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY. His other plays include THE MAN FROM NEBRASKA (Pulitzer Nomination), BUG (Made into a feature film with Ashley Judd and Harry Connick Jr.), and most recently SUPERIOR DONUTS. He is a company member of Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. His mother, Billie Letts (an accomplished novelist WHERE THE HEART IS) said of his work "Everybody in Tracy's stories gets naked or dead."
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LocationHyde Park Theatre
511 W 43rd St
Austin, TX 78757
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 17 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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