QUOTES
"...ABSURD" -TIME OUT NY
"...EDGY" -TIME OUT NY
"BY TURNS VULGAR, VIOLENT AND JUST PLAIN SILLY..." -
DAILY NEWS
"...GRITTY" -DAILY NEWS
"...CLEVER" -DAILY NEWS
"...some of the most brutal and believable stageviolence I have seen in a long time...everyone involved in this production has committed to it and it shows. Commitment is the final word that I will give to director Arrington—this production succeeds because it does not feel afraid of the darkness or boldness of the material; he went for it and succeeded." -NY THEATER.COM
THE LIZARDS by Alan Bowne
SYNOPSIS
The fascination and beauty of watching humans reacting like instinctual reptiles, who needle and dart through this play's emotional abyss, is the essence of Alan Bowne's last major unproduced work. Set in New York's East Village, two male hustlers lose a box that contains 25 grams of heroin in a "Marks" apartment that is crammed with years and years of clippings from newspapers and magazines of NYC history. Maurice, the myopic harborer, denies any knowledge of the whereabouts of the drugs and breathes his last breath for not spilling the information. At the rise of the 3rd Act, Maurice is in a garbage bag on the floor and 3-Yard and Kip are in animal hysterics. This image evokes the haunting title, The Lizards. The plan deepens and the stakes rise as the true dominator, Gooey, shows her ugly head and wants to know, "what happened to the box?" Can Kip, Gooey and 3-Yard find it in time? Who will suffer the consequence?
