The Pinter Plays – 17-18

“DAZZLINGLY WITTY…a tantalizing unsolved mystery.” –The Washington Post

“DARKLY DELICIOUS FUN…first-rate performances by [Lisa] Dwan and [Patrick] Kennedy.” –DC Metro Theater Arts

“LOVELY, CLEVER…[Jack Koenig and Patrick Ball play] with FIERCE poise.” –DC Theatre Scene

“Each moment is carefully orchestrated like a symphony under [Michael] Kahn’s baton.” –Two Hours Traffic

“Darkly SCANDALOUS and peculiarly humorous.” –TheatreBloom

Following the success of his 2011 production of Old Times, STC Artistic Director Michael Kahn (The Critic) returns to Harold Pinter’s gripping realm of doubt and disquiet to direct a double bill of short plays, considering how we construct our own realities, which truths we tell and which lies we choose to believe.

In The Collection, a jealous husband confronts a rival, whom his wife may or may not have met. In The Lover, a married couple calmly plans for their scheduled infidelities. In Pinter’s darkly comic world of revealing silences and pregnant pauses, the characters—and the audience—never know quite where they stand, embracing reality and fantasy with equal conviction.

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All titles, artists and dates subject to change.