God of Carnage

by Yasmina Reza
translated by Christopher Hampton
directed by John Miller-Stephany
May 28 - August 7, 2011
God of Carnage is a self-proclaimed "comedy of manners ... without manners" in which the parents of two boys involved in a playground scuffle meet to discuss, logically and amiably, how to deal with the boys. As the evening goes on, the meeting degenerates into the four parents spiraling into irrational arguments, and their discussion falls into the loaded topics of misogyny, racial prejudice and homophobia. The insults they throw at each other are priceless. Loyalty becomes a disposable commodity as spouses turn on spouses and new alliances are formed and dissolved.
Venue: McGUIRE Proscenium