A Buddies in Bad Times production
Witness the living through the eyes of the dead. Roberto Zucco lures us into the wet streets and gloomy rooms of 1980s Europe, where a charming antihero battles his cosmic urge to kill. Written as he was dying in 1989, Koltès’ sordid swan song is Greek tragedy kissed by Gregg Araki—breathlessly violent but with a pitch-black wit and occasional syrupy sweetness that leaves you disarmed. Caught between the realms of true crime and grotesque fantasy, the play shines a blistering sun on our darkest impulses; by the end, you’ll wonder if we’re just flightless birds in the face of our fates.
Witness the living through the eyes of the dead. Roberto Zucco lures us into the wet streets and gloomy rooms of 1980s Europe, where a charming antihero battles his cosmic urge to kill. Written as he was dying in 1989, Koltès’ sordid swan song is Greek tragedy kissed by Gregg Araki—breathlessly violent but with a pitch-black wit and occasional syrupy sweetness that leaves you disarmed. Caught between the realms of true crime and grotesque fantasy, the play shines a blistering sun on our darkest impulses; by the end, you’ll wonder if we’re just flightless birds in the face of our fates.
Bernard-Marie Koltès // playwright
Martin Crimp // translator
ted witzel // director
Martin Crimp // translator
ted witzel // director
Samantha Brown, Jakob Ehman, Fiona Highet, Daniel MacIvor, Kwaku Okyere, Oyin Oladejo // performers
Gislina Patterson // dramaturg
Michelle Tracey // costume + set designer
Logan Raju Cracknell // lighting designer
Dasha Plett // composer + sound designer
Laura Baxter // stage manager
Kayla Thomas // apprentice stage manager
Anita Nittoly // fight + intimacy director
Michelle Tracey // costume + set designer
Logan Raju Cracknell // lighting designer
Dasha Plett // composer + sound designer
Laura Baxter // stage manager
Kayla Thomas // apprentice stage manager
Anita Nittoly // fight + intimacy director
