Abandon All Hope at WestArt

The Off-Broadway sensation Abandon All Hope, written by Peter Fenton and directed by Gorman Ruggiero, is reuniting its original Off-Broadway cast for a two-night engagement at WestArt in Fenton's hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania on May 9 and 10, 2024, at 7pm. Abandon All Hope, produced by Fenton, Avery Kellington, and Suzanne Fisher, is a full-length dark comedy play starring Kellington, Yuliana Sleme, Jonathan P. Chen, and Michael De Los Angeles. When three college freshmen (a scrappy feminist (Sleme), a naïve evangelical (De Los Angeles), and a cocky analyst (Chen)) meet in Hell—which appears as a dorm room—they are forced to play a game with eternal stakes, which draws out each one's fatal flaws in their interactions with each other and a fun-loving demon (Kellington). The winner will go to Heaven at the cost of the others' eternal torture. Following the performance both nights will be a Question & Answer session with the creative team.

Due to dark humor, mature themes, sexual innuendo, profanity, alcohol consumption, and some critique of organized religion, this play is recommended for audience members aged 14 and up.