ACT presents a Double Bill of great theatre entertainment

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Harold Pinter’s black comedy/drama The Dumb Waiter

Directed by Ahmed El-Alfy

PRODUCED by JENNY LUN

STARRING

Grahame Carder

Paul Sheehan

Nobel laureate Harold Pinter (1930-2008) wrote The Dumb Waiter in 1958. The play, directed here by Ahmed El Alfy, revolves around BEN and GUS, two hitmen waiting in a basement for news of their next job, and a dumb-waiter (a small, box-like lift used for conveying food from one floor to another) which keeps descending from the now-defunct restaurant above with food orders – much to the duo’s bafflement.

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Christopher Durang’s Obie-winning comedy

Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You

Directed by Meaghan Mcgurgan

PRODUCED by JENNY LUN

STARRING

CINDY BAYNE

NICOLE GARBELLINI

RYE BAUTISTA

ERIC KRUEGER

GAELLE GOGNAU

SAM KEOGH

AMANDA BURTON

Christopher Durang’s play sees Sister Mary Ignatius giving a lecture – mainly on her favorite subjects of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory – and of course including her usual description of which sins send you to hell (“murder, sex outside marriage, hijacking a plane, masturbation”). The class of 1959 are returning to their beloved Catholic school to see her. Four of them were among her best students… or were they? Says Meaghan McGurgan, director of this production: “Warning: This satire contains adult language, loud noises and sarcasm! All those with a sense of humor are welcome!”