Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them by Christopher Durang November 26, 2011

Directed by Billy Christopher Maupin
November 10 – December 3, 2011
Christopher Durang turns political humor upside down with this raucous and provocative satire about America’s growing homeland “insecurity.” Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them tells the story of a young woman suddenly in crisis: Is her new husband, whom she married when drunk, a terrorist? Or just crazy? Or both? Is her father’s hobby of butterfly collecting really a cover for his involvement in a shadow government? Why does her mother enjoy going to the theater so much? Does she seek mental escape, or is she insane? Homing in on our private terrors both at home and abroad, Durang oddly relieves our fears in this black comedy for an era of yellow, orange, and red alerts.

Durang’s funniest play! Don’t feel guilty about laughing so hard at this hilarious new comedy. -Ben Brantley, The New York Times

A smashing new play with a serious taste for the blissfully, unapologetically silly! The entire ensemble, with the hilarious Kristine Nielsen, never misses a beat. -John Heilpern, The New York Observer

You may laugh yourself silly! This carnival of lunacy swept me into its joyous whirligig. Laura Benanti offers more than a star turn; I’d call it a constellation. -John Simon, Bloomberg News

A hilarious, topsy-turvy look at a world that is definitely off-kilter. -Mike Kuchwara, Associated Press

Official Website: http://www.firehousetheatre.org/?page_id=82