A black farce masterpiece, LOOT follows the fortunes of two young thieves, Hal and Dennis. Dennis is a hearse driver for an undertaker. They have robbed the bank next door to the funeral parlour and have returned to Hal’s home to hide-out with the loot. Hal’s mother has just died and the pair put the money in her coffin, hiding the body elsewhere in the house. With the arrival of Inspector Truscott, the thickened plot turns topsy-turvy.

Playing with all the conventions of popular farce, Orton creates a world gone mad and examines in detail English attitudes of the mid 20th century. The play has been called a Freudian nightmare, which sports with superstitions about death – and life.

First produced in London in 1966, LOOT was hailed as “the most genuinely quick-witted, pungent and sprightly entertainment by a new, young British playwright for a decade” (Sunday Telegraph).

CAST AND CREW

Hal…John Varella
Dennis … Dwayne Shaw
Inspector Truscott… Barry Goettl
Fay… Talitha Muehlbrad
Mr. McLeavy…Ben Heller
Meadows…Andrew Stoner

Director… Jerry Watson
Asst Director… Denise Fortenberry
Stage Manager… Andrew Stoner
Asst Stage Manager…Paul Peterson
Light and Sound…Kendall Poole

Farce