![]() ![]() Throughout the show, we meet many other participants in the trial, all of which bring the added complications to the trial. The show begins with the Judas’s mother, pleading for her son, but is quickly stolen by the character of Saint Monica, whose quick banter and liberal use of profanity left the audience gasping. ![]() This in itself was rather disarming throwing off completely any expectations I had for the play. Judas, however, plays a very minor role throughout the trial, rather existing in flashbacks and anecdotes told by other characters. Written by Tony-Award-nominated playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is, in essence, a story about the trial of Judas Iscariot (now residing in purgatory). Literally stepping over the sleeping forms of cast members, we took our seats unaware that we ourselves were not just in close physical proximity to the actors, but also about to be caught in the thick of the story itself. The doors to the Gloria Maddox Theatre opening, audience members began to filter into a disorganized room which seemed to be more akin to a subterranean world than a stage. ![]()
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