The Mercy Seat

This September, Tangled Web Theatre Productions presents Neil Labute’s The Mercy Seat which was one of the first theatrical responses to 9/11. It’s a claustrophobic two-hander set within six blocks distance of Ground Zero on the morning after the towers came down.

The horrific events of the 9/11 disaster is the backdrop for examining a relationship—should Ben use the terrorist attacks as an opportunity for a happier life with his mistress and boss Abby. Indeed, it is the intense focus of a relationship under pressure that will ignite the audience’s interest in this fascinating production. Kylie Ryan (Hamish and Andy True Story season 1 episode 6) and Alex Rowe (Glitch Season 2) star in this electric, sensory theatre experience.

Neil LeBute is a film director, screenwriter, playwright and actor. He is best-known for a play that he wrote and later turned into a film, In the Company of Men (1997). He wrote and directed the films Possession (2002, based on the A.S. Byatt novel), The Shape of Things (2003, based on his play of the same name) and Death at a Funeral (2010).

An independent company, Tangled Web Theatre Productions is proud to bring to bring this timely, intricate production to the stage this September.

Presented by Tangled Web Theatre Productions.