Surfside Players, Cocoa Beach, is proud to present a modern psychological thriller, THE PILLOWMAN, by Martin McDonagh, directed by Janet Bentley-Hallberg.
THE PILLOWMAN is the 2004 Olivier Award Winner and a 2005 Tony Award Nominee for Best New Play. With echoes of Stoppard, Kafka, and the Brothers Grimm, THE PILLOWMAN centers on Katurian, a writer of grisly short stories often showing violence against children, who has been arrested by two detectives, Ariel and Tupolski, because some of his stories resemble recent child murders. When he hears that his brother Mikal has confessed to the murders and implicated Katurian, he resigns himself to his execution but attempts to save his stories from destruction.WARNING: THIS PLAY IS FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. It contains frequent, strong profanity and adult themes, and discusses violence against children. The play includes both narrations and reenactments of several of Katurian's stories, most notably the autobiographical "The Writer and the Writer's Brother," which tells how Katurian developed his disturbed imagination by hearing the sounds of Mikal being tortured by their parents. All the performers are at least 18 years of age. Audience members under 18 years of age require parent/guardian supervision. Not suitable for viewing by children.Videos