The Lieutenant of Inishmore
1835 14th Street, NW Washington
A one-man terrorist cell wages war ... all because somebody killed his cat. Oscar-nominated writer Martin McDonagh is famous for mixing his dark Irish humor with a Tarantino-esque flair for violence in movies like In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths. But he's at his best in this hilarious stage drama of revenge, cats and blind justice. Mad Padraic, a terrorist too fanatical even for the IRA, is enraged and grief-stricken when Wee Thomas, his beloved kitty, has "taken poorly" back home -- i.e. been found flattened on a local roadside. So Padraic returns to the wind-swept Aran Islands for a night of revenge, bloodshed and (yes) wicked-funny comedy. Matthew R. Wilson directs for Constellation Theatre Company.
Presented by Constellation Theatre Company
Thru - Mar 8, 2015