About the Play:

Roberto Zucco is a full-length drama by Bernard-Marie Koltès translated by Martin Crimp. A powerful psychological thriller based on an infamous true story, Roberto Zucco follows the sinister adventure of a charismatic serial killer; a young, lost soul who philosophically seduces his prey, driven by forces he can't control to commit terrible crimes without motive.

Roberto Zucco is about a man who commits brutal murders and rapes. Who is Roberto Zucco? A prisoner or a secret agent? A lover or a rapist? A chameleon or a rhino? A peace-loving student or a killer on the run? In a series of poetic, fast-moving scenes, Koltès takes his hero on a mythical journey through a landscape of strange and violent beauty. Through a series of fast moving, poetic scenes, Koltès illustrates the chain of events beginning with a dangerous young man escaping from prison. With dynamite pace, a fugitive moves though an urban landscape of strange and violent beauty. The people he meets along the way become unwitting participants in a deadly game in which Zucco writes, and rewrites the rules.