The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
by Stephen Adly Guirgis

Director Simon Bloom (MFA Thesis)

May 16 to 25, 2013 at 7:30 pm
$5 preview May 15 at 7:30 pm
Matinee May 23 at 12:30 pm
(No show May 19)

Timms Centre for the Arts (87 Avenue & 112 Street)

The jury is out in this riotously funny, coarse and colourful play that imagines a trial of God and the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth versus Judas Iscariot for the betrayal of his homey, Lord Jesus Christ.

In a gritty courtroom, between Heaven and Hell, a host of iconic figures, from Mother Theresa, to Sigmund Freud to Satan himself, are called to testify and weigh in on the epic debate between divine mercy and human free will.

Not simply about one man’s guilt, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot asks us to re-examine who is in the most need of forgiveness.

“Between Heaven and Hell – there is another place.
This place: Hope.
Hope – is located right over here in downtown Purgatory. “

Stephen Adly Guirgis
American Playwright, Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Member and co-artistic director of New York City’s LABryinth Theater Company
His play, The Motherfucker with the Hat, was nominated in 2011 for a Tony Award for Best Play.
Other Plays:
In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings
Jesus Hopped the A Train
Our Lady of 121st Street

The West End premiere in London was at the Almeida Theatre in 2008, directed by Rupert Goold.