A play by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman received its first public reading in an early version at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 1995.

A black comedy, it tells the tale of Katurian, a fiction writer living in a police state who is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories, and their similarities to a number of bizarre child murders occurring in his town.

When he hears that his brother Michal (Jared Pickett) has confessed to the murders and implicated Katurian, he resigns himself to his execution but attempts to save his stories from destruction.

The play includes both narrations and reenactments of several of Katurian’s stories, most notably the autobiographical "The Writer and the Writer’s Brother," which tells how Katurian developed his disturbed imagination by hearing the sounds of Michal being tortured by their parents.

The cast additionally includes Sherry Sunday Booth, Steven Luster, Zach Parker, Tia Green, Brenna Todd, and Maryjean Goedicke.

The play received the 2004 Olivier Award for Best New Play, the 2004-5 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Foreign Play, and two Tony Awards for production. It was nominated for the 2004 Evening Standard Award for Best New Play.

Tickets are $10. General Admission or $5. students/seniors.

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