THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT by Stephen Adly Guirgis

Burbage Theatre Co concludes their 12th Season with Stephen Adly Guirgis’s "The Motherf**ker with the Hat", directed by Trinity Rep company member Jackie Davis, director of last season’s Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti. This production will be presented for 13 performances from May 30 through June 16 at Burbage Theatre Co’s Wendy Overly Studio Theatre. THE MOTHERF*CKER WITH THE HAT by Stephen Adly Guirgis (May 30 - June 16) directed by Jackie Davis SYNOPSIS – Struggles with addiction, friendship, love, and the challenges of adulthood are at the center of the story. Jackie, a petty drug dealer, is just out of prison and trying to stay clean. He’s also still in love with his coke-addicted childhood sweetheart, Veronica. Ralph D. is Jackie’s too-smooth, slightly slippery sponsor. He’s married to the bitter and disaffected Victoria, who, by the way, has the hots for Jackie. And then there’s Julio, Jackie’s cousin…a stand-up, “stand by me” kind of guy. "Guirgis, a brilliant comedic talent…also has an original and knowing take on class… Guirgis’ characters are strivers who lack the language to 'pass’ in a white-collar world; they’re frustrated by limitations that they’re only half aware of, and that frustration provides much of the painful hilarity in their dialogue, which piles miscommunication on top of misunderstanding.” — New York Times “It’s a tight, smart and splendidly well-made, a tough-minded, unromantically romantic comedy that keeps you laughing, then sends you home thinking.” — Wall Street Journal “Funny indeed—not to mention surprising, disturbing and poignant…dark, rich comedy…By not putting characters or their dilemmas in neat boxes, Guirgis gives us, in HAT, a slice of hard life that’s as provocative as it is absorbing.” — USA Today

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