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LOOT
by Joe Orton
directed by Andrei Belgrader
set designed by Anita Stewart
costumes designed by Catherine Zuber
lighting designed by Michael Chybowski
sound designed by Christopher Walker
stage manager Martin Lechner
Performed in repertory with Full
Circle
at the Loeb Drama Center,
January 28 - March 15, 2000
Cast - Synopsis - Reading List - Related Links
A murderously funny black comedy! Joe Orton loved to makes us laugh at our social and sexual taboos. When Hal robs a bank and hides his booty in his mother's coffin, who will discover it first - the crooked detective or the homicidal nurse? Directed by comic genius Andrei Belgrader, Loot guarantees a murderously funny evening.
Cast
Hal |
... Thomas Derrah |
Dennis |
... Sean Dugan |
McLeavy |
... Alvin Epstein |
Truscott |
... Jeremy Geidt |
Fay |
... Laurie Williams |
Meadows |
... William Smith |
Synopsis
Hal and his pal Dennis have just robbed a bank and need a place to stash their loot. With the police hot on their trail, the boys decide to hide the stolen cash in the coffin that contains Hal's late mother, Mrs. McLeavy. While old Mr. McLeavy is busy cataloguing the flowers sent in memory of his wife, Hal and Dennis stuff the mommy in the wardrobe and the money in the casket. Fay, Mrs. McLeavy's nurse, stumbles upon her dead patient and demands a cut in the action. But before the three criminals can sneak away with their booty, the notorious Inspector Truscott of the Yard starts snooping around the house and throws a wrench in their plans. What ensues is a farcical game of cover-ups and crack-ups peppered with Joe Orton's epigrammatic style of dramatic delivery.
Related Links
- Media Coverage
- A.R.T. News Articles
- Orton: The Dentures in the Dummy - an introductory article
- The Fun of Being Andrei - an interview with director Andrei Belgrader
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