It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Literally.
Hub Theatre Company of Boston will kick off its third season this spring with Joe Orton’s irreverent and amoral dark farce, Loot, at the First Church in Boston March 27-April 12.
Poor Mr McLeavy! It's the day of the funeral and his late wife won't stay in the coffin. The nurse - a seven-time widow - fancies him as her latest 'late' husband. His ne'er-do-well son and his 'special friend,' the undertaker, are pursuing new careers as bank robbers, and Mum's coffin looks like an ideal hiding place for the money. And a nosy representative from the Water Board - or so he claims - is asking some very probing questions and making everyone quite nervous indeed.
In this tour de force of bad taste, taboos, and high farce, nothing and no one is safe from Orton’s wicked wit! Inspired by the trial of the infamous police detective Harold "Tanky" Challenor, notorious for his brutality and evidence planting, Loot satires police brutality, the Catholic Church, social attitudes toward death, and everything in between. This show will make you laugh but its message will resonate long after you leave the theatre.
Known for such works as What The Butler Saw and Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Joe Orton's life was as outrageous as his plays. Orton was born into a working class English family, was largely self-educated, and openly gay when it was still a felony in Britain. During his meteoric career he shocked, outraged, and amused audiences with his scandalous, sexy and cynical dark comedies. Although often most remembered today for his tragic fate, Orton’s plays were a vital part of England's cultural revolution of the swingin' 60's.
CAST
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Kevin Paquette
as Dennis 
Sean Cooper
as Meadows |
John Geoffrion as Truscott
(photo by Alex Aroyan)
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Producer - Lauren Elias
Stage Manager - Robert Orzalli Assistant Stage Manager - Rebecca Miller Set/Props Design - Mark Ewart Lighting Design - Evan DelGaudio Sound Design - Elizabeth Havenor Costume Design - Erica Desautels Dialect Coach - Meredith Stypinski Fight Choreography - Johnnie McQuarley Poster Image - Cristhian Mancinas Garcìa |
March 27 - April 12
*ALL* Performances are
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Every ticket, every show.
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PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Every ticket, every show.
Learn more about our philosophy here.
Appropriate for ages 14+
Contains mature situations and language, political and religious humor.
Contains mature situations and language, political and religious humor.
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc.