Tough detectives. Tougher dames. Double-crosses. Cigarettes. Shadows. Fedoras. All the hallmarks of film noir.
With their show Kill Me Like You Mean It, playwright Kiran Rikhye and director Jon Stancato (no strangers to the podcast—definitely check out their interviews from past Stolen Chair shows The Man Who Laughs and Potion) transfer all those classic film noir elements to the stage.
Then, they add in a healthy dose of theatre of the absurd.
What comes out is an absurdly fun & tightly executed piece of drama.
Listen in as Jon & Kiran discuss re-mounting (and revamping) a show from their past, audience placement as camera angles, abandoning tetralogies, having your actors create their own vocal musical score, and honing the rhythmic and sonic nature of your show.
“There’s something really unsettling about it…even though it is fun, and even though it is a comedy, it sort of is a deeply unnerving world…”
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Stolen Chair Theatre Company presents
Kill Me Like You Mean It
written by Kiran Rikhye
directed by Jon Stancato
music by Sean Cronin
remaining performances:
Friday, March 7, 2015 @8PM
Saturday, March 8, 2015 @8PM
Sunday, March 9, 2015 @7PM
The 4th Street Theatre
83 E. 4th Street
Manhattan
tickets available via StolenChair.org