RI Premiere

2020 Outer Critics Circle Award, John Gassner Award

OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD

by Alexis Scheer

(LIMITED ENGAGEMENT June 9 - June 26)

 

A gang of teenage girls gathers in an abandoned treehouse to summon the ghost of Pablo Escobar. Are they messing with the actual spirit of the infamous cartel kingpin? Or are they really just messing with each other? A roller coaster ride through the danger and damage of girlhood – the teenage wasteland – has never been so much twisted fun.

 

Critic’s Pick! “Highly entertaining – equally funny and scary – the play starts off as a hoot and winds up a primal scream. They’re throwing quite a seance at the McGinn/Cazale Theater.” – The New York Times

 

Four Stars! “Just when you think you know where the play is heading, there’s a disorienting coup de théâtre that leaves you shaken. Our Dear Dead Drug Lord isn’t for the faint of heart, but neither is coming of age.” 

– Time Out New York

 

“As funny as it is violent and dark... Our Dear Dead Drug Lord is not quiet, small, or apologetic. It is loud and messy and truthful. It is incredibly complicated and a thing of extreme beauty. It is everything in women that society tells them they need to repress, and in this I found it incredibly enjoyable and inspiring.” – New York Theatre Guide

“An imaginative and ultimately savage new play... An offbeat Mean Girls sort of dramedy that unexpectedly concludes in a violent burst of magical realism.” – New York Stage Review

 

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

 

OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD

by Alexis Scheer

directed by Madison Cook-Hines and Catia Ramos

 

ENSEMBLE

Sofa DaSilva, Pipe

Ari Kassabian, Zoom

Ayrin Ramirez, Kit

Marina Tejada, Squeeze

 

​PRODUCTION CREW

Stage Manager, Ava Mascena 

Set Design, Trevor Elliott and Andrew Iacovelli

Costumes Design/Coordination, Jaimy Escobedo

Sound Design, Rebecca Maxfield

Assistant Stage Manager, Isaiah Gamboa

Technical Director, Andrew Iacovelli

Production Manager, Brittany Costello

 

OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD CALENDAR OF PERFORMANCES

Only three weekends!

 

Thursday, June 9 at 8pm Preview 

Friday, June 10 at 8pm Preview 

Saturday, June 11 at 8pm PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN Press Preview

Sunday, June 12 at 2pm PRESS Preview

 

Thursday, June 16 at 8pm OPENING NIGHT

Friday, June 17 at 8pm 

Saturday, June 18 at 8pm 

Sunday, June 19 at 2pm

 

Thursday, June 23 at 8pm

Friday, June 24 at 8pm

Saturday, June 25 at 8pm

Sunday, June 26 at 2pm

Sunday June 26 at 7pm

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