Illustration: Ron Chan
In this smash off-Broadway mega-hit,
Killer Joe, a cop for hire, is contracted by the greedy Smith family, a dim-witted clan, to do away with their mother so that they can collect her insurance money.
Killer Joe decides to bed the Smith daughter as a retainer against his final payoff. Set in Dallas, this black comedy revels in its white-trash stereotypes, and gives you permission to do the same. It’s pulp fiction. It is graphic and intense and is for
Mature Audiences Only.
Tracy Letts, actor and playwright, was born in Oklahoma and is a member of the Steppenwolf Acting Ensemble in Chicago. As a playwright, Tracy has made his name writing about trailer parks and fleabag motels. His work includes Bug and Man From Nebraska (a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama).
Cast
Set for Killer Joe
Stacy Ross * : Sharla
Cully Fredricksen * : Joe
Howard Swain * : Ansel
Anna Bullard * : Dottie
Ryan Montgomery : Chris
Set Designer: Giulio Perrone
Lighting Designer: Michael Palumbo
Costume Designer: Laura Hazlett
Sound Designer: Norm Kern
Properties Artisan: Carol Selig
Stage Manager: June Palladino *
* Member, Actors Equity Association
|
"Killer Joe," ... has all of that and more -- incisively outrageous comedy, in-your-face attitudes and something serious to say."
- San Francisco Chronicle
"Sankowich hits all the right notes as he negotiates his way through the emotional and stylistic twists and turns of Letts' challenging script"
- BACKSTAGE
"the play and its characters also generate a lot of thought and discussion. It's a bold choice."
- AISLE SAY
Credits: First photo - Howard Swain and Ryan Motgomery | Second photo - Anna Bullard and Stacy Ross | Third photo - Cully Fredricksen
and Anna Bullard | Fourth photo - Stacy Ross and Cully Fredricksen
Photos: Ed Smith
