Directed by third-year MFA directing candidate Tina Polzin, Brendan Behan’s The Hostage masks topical politics and serious discourse with slapstick, satire, and musical numbers. It’s 1959 and Leslie Williams, a British soldier, is being held as a hostage in a Dublin whorehouse in exchange for an IRA man who is to be hanged in Belfast. This delightful, joyous, heart-wrenching play reminds us to look at the people before us – and to choose humanity over religion and politics.

Written By: Brendan Behan
March 4-15. Opening Night Friday, March 6; 7:30 pm
Directed by: Tina Polzin (Professional Director Training Program)
Location: Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse