About the Play:

Bash is a trilogy of one-act dramas by Neil LaBute. Dark, powerful and masterfully crafted, this gripping set of three one-act plays is collectively called Bash. Each details a terrible secret, a dastardly deed that the character has committed. Two are monologues, one is a two-hander. The monologues are both confessions: the first to a stranger, the second to an investigator. All three are ingeniously crafted. Their stories are revealed with such skill, and they are dream roles for actors.

Bash is a dark triad of plays, inspired by Greek mythology, the Bible, and pop culture.

In Medea Redux, a woman tells of her complex and ultimately tragic relationship with her junior high school English teacher. (Cast: 1 female)

Iphigenia in Orem (Orem being a suburb of Salt Lake City) tells the tale of a travelling salesman who at first seems well adjusted and formidable, only to be weakened by a confession of guilt. He pours out his dark soul to an unseen stranger in a Las Vegas hotel room, confessing a most chilling crime.. The ensuing monologue tries to give justification, or a logical rationale, for his actions. It is, in the ancient Greek sensibility, as tragic as it gets. (Cast: 1 male)

In A Gaggle of Saints, a soon-to-be-married college couple remembering in overlapping monologues a brutal crime committed on the night they attended a black-tie party at the Plaza hotel in Manhattan. (Cast: 1 female, 1 male)

Bash debuted in 1999 at the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre off-Broadway in New York City, and has since been revived multiple times on London's West End. The play has been performed in regional, fringe, and college theatre productions.

What people say:

"Bash is informed with an earnest, probing moralism as fierce as that of Nathaniel Hawthorne. That's what Mr. LaBute does best, finding the acid in the blandest substances." — New York Times

"Undoubtedly the highlight of the year was Bash. This triptych by American playwright Neil LaBute is startlingly powerful. ... Gripping, powerful and uncomfortable to watch at times, you're afforded a glimpse into the horror that some say lurks in us all, just waiting for the right trigger, the right moment, the right balance of fear and fate." — The Sunday Independent

"They take audiences to the underbelly of society, where life is tough and the stories unsavoury, all with roots in Greek tragedy." — Belfast Telegraph

About the Playwright:

Neil LaBute is an award-winning American playwright, filmmaker, and screenwriter. His plays include bash, Reasons to be Pretty (Tony Award nominated for best play), In a Forest, Dark and Deep, and Reasons to be Happy. His films include In the Company of Men (New York Critics' Circle Award for Best First Feature and the Filmmaker Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival), Your Friends and Neighbors, Nurse Betty, Possession, The Shape of Things, Some Velvet Morning, and Dirty Weekend. He is a 2013 recipient of a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.