Reviewed and Recorded by Tracey Paleo, Gia On The Move
At its finale…
OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD drops one of the biggest ever, damage-and-danger-of-girlhood-A-Bombs onto the audience and delivers its own highly emotional, trance induced, shock-ending, girl-power anthem.
“A magnificently cast play! Brilliant!”
TRACEY PALEO, Gia On The Move
By Alexis Scheer
Directed by Lindsay Allbaugh
Produced in Association with IAMA Theatre Company
WITH: Ashley Brooke, Aliyah Camacho, Samantha Miller, Coral Peña, Lilian Rebelo, and Juan Francisco Villa
AUGUST 20 – SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
For tickets and more information visit: Center Theatre Group
In this fierce and feverish comedy from breakout playwright Alexis Scheer, a gang of teenage girls gathers in an abandoned treehouse to summon the ghost of Pablo Escobar. Are they messing with the actual spirit of the infamous cartel kingpin? Or are they really just messing with each other?
Intimate in nature yet universal in its ability to explore the need to connect, the play is an unflinching and powerful reminder of what it means to be human. As it races to its startling conclusion, audiences will be left catching their breath. A rollercoaster ride through the danger and damage of girlhood, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord proves navigating adolescence may be more perilous than communing with the dead.
Be Aware
Recommended for ages 16 and up. This production contains sexually suggestive language, references to suicide, and depictions of drug use, extreme physical violence towards humans and animals, and self harm. This production also contains the use of herbal cigarettes, haze, and a brief flash of light.
For more information, please visit the Show Guide for Parents.
Photo: From L to R: Samantha Miller, Coral Peña, Lilian Rebelo, and Ashley Brooke in “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre August 20 through September 17, 2023, produced in association with IAMA Theatre Company.
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