![]() ![]() The somewhat effeminate Satan (the fine Daniel Leeman Smith in a notable performance and hellish haircut) is both seductive and disturbing. Monica (Rosemary Orwig Rodgers, who also directs the production, has cast herself in this plum role) spouts profanity-laced jive in a rollicking monologue (Yo, Judas, you got change for 30 pieces of Silver, mothahf-?!). Peter (Judson Adair) wears overalls and swigs beer, a real hick fisherman. The story may be ancient, but the characters, dialogue and costumes by Christi Newbury are contemporary. Pontius Pilate (Patton Graves), played as a smarmy politician, mainly pleads the Fifth Amendment. Cunningham tries the insanity defense with Sigmund Freud (Chris Crane). Both lawyers call several historical figures to the witness stand. The smug Yusef El-Fayoumy (David Mays, solid as usual) prosecutes the case, and Gypsy-Irish lawyer Fabiana Aziza Cunningham (Emily Etherton) represents the defendant. There, one thing people have plenty of is time. In Iscariot, we witness Judas trial taking place in Purgatory in the present or who knows when, really. His plays are not produced much around here, so this is a good chance to see one. ![]() ![]() Ghostlight Theatre Club dishes up a heavy dose of religion Christianity division in the 2005 dramedy The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis.
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