THE MIDNIGHT SHOW WITH JUDAS ISCARIOT

Stephen Adly Guirgis

THE MIDNIGHT SHOW WITH JUDAS ISCARIOT

A posthumous comedy

In the Main Hall

Premiere -

• 9.10.22.

A play in 2 acts

• 1.11.26. Performance with English surtitles. For better visibility of the surtitles, we recommend choosing seats starting from row 7 to the back of the hall /
• 1.11.26. performance with English surtitles. For better visibility of the surtitles, we recommend choosing seats starting from the 7th row and back.

Everyone knows that one buddy. Judas was, all in all, a superb guy - he gave the neighbor boy his toy train, fed the hungry yard cats, helped the lame up the stairs, held the door for old ladies, was not at all cocky, though sometimes he supposedly had a bit too much to drink. But everyone only talks about that one thing that went wrong.

A hot-blooded feminist ends up in heaven and decides to pick a fight with the corrupt male officials of purgatory. She starts questioning the punishment of the superb guy we know - did he really deserve to screw up his afterlife in hell just because he betrayed Jesus.

In purgatory, a show for adults only begins, like a TV studio after midnight. Freud brings up Judas's childhood traumas. Mother Teresa has no idea what everyone is talking about, because she forgot her hearing aid.

The ruler of darkness, Satan, sabotages both the accusations and the defenses, because he is too stoned to take anything seriously, and besides, he does not like feminists. Meanwhile, the old friend Jesus Christ smiles encouragingly and says: “This crap will pass too!” Saint Peter still cares about nothing as much as fish. Other of Judas's colleagues are also questioned: apostles, saints, and even a universally recognized scoundrel like Pontius Pilate. In the end, someone does get it, but it is not Judas.

Warning:

The play jokes about death, violence, and suicide (specifically, hanging in an olive tree). The characters speak witty lines in which some may hear homophobia and sexism. There will be expressions aimed at the Irish (and the characters also shamelessly laugh about red-haired and freckled people of other nationalities). There are black jokes about eating disorders, and words are used that may offend people of Roma origin. Profanities remain uncensored.

Antisemitism is treated ironically, and some characters really do hold antisemitic views (although many of the characters are Jews). However, on top of all that, this insanely witty play addresses a question important to every self-critical person: whether pangs of conscience are not deadlier than

any other punishment.

Cast: Ilze Ķuzule-Skrastiņa (Attorney Fabiana Aziza Cunningham), Kaspars Dumburs (Prosecutor Yusef El-Fayoumy), Artis Robežnieks (Judge Littlefield), Niklāvs Kurpnieks (Satan), Ieva Segliņa (Mother Teresa and Gloria), Dārta Daneviča (Mary Magdalene and Loretta), Aldis Siliņš (Court officer (Julius of Outer Mongolia) and Simon the Zealot), Juris Bartkevičs (Sigmund Freud), Gints Grāvelis (Pontius Pilate and Uncle Pino), Andris Bulis (Saint Peter and Saint Thomas), Mārtiņš Upenieks or Mārtiņš Meiers (Jesus of Nazareth), Kārlis Arnolds Avots or Lauris Dzelzītis (Judas Iscariot), Kristīne Nevarauska (Saint Monica), Mirdza Martinsone (Henrietta Iscariot), Imants Strads (Old Caiaphas and Butch Honeywell)

Director - Mārtiņš Eihe, Set designer - Pamela Butāne, Costume designer - Rūta Kuplā, Choreographer - Anna Abalikhina (Anna Abalikhina), Video artist - Aleksandrs Lobanovs (Alexander Lobanov), Lighting designer - Jevgēnijs Gansburgs (Evgeny Ganzburg), Music consultant - Juris Vaivods, Vocal coach - Ilze Dzenīte, Assistant director - Reinis Boters

The performance uses uncensored language!