The Mercy Seat at She & Her Productions

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Authors

• Neil LaBute

The Mercy Seat is set on September 12, 2001. The twin towers are down and the world has changed overnight. Two people, a married man (believed to be among the victims of the tragedy) and his boss (and mistress) are holed up in her apartment contemplating their next move: return to their old lives or run away and start anew. Originally produced in 2002, The Mercy Seat was among the first dramatic works to respond to the events of 9/11, and marked the first collaboration between MCC Theater and LaBute, who have gone on to collaborate on 7 productions of new plays over the last 10 years, including this spring's Reasons to Be Happy, a companion piece to LaBute's Tony-nominated Reasons to Be Pretty, which had its world premiere at MCC Theater in 2008.