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2004

Fresh Kills

Written by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder

Play Details

Context

Artistic Director 
Ian Rickson

Dates Performed

Friday 5th November 2004
Jerwood Theatre Upstairs

Play Details

Synopsis

Eddie, a blue-collar husband and father, is lured into an online relationship with Arnold, a manipulative teenage boy. Arnold coerces Eddie into making explicit videos and ultimately arranges a real-life encounter at the Staten Island dump.

Through its gritty realism and shocking plot developments, the play exposes the dangers of online relationships and how a happy family can be violently disrupted by deception and manipulation. Wilder’s tragic drama dissects issues of masculinity, sexuality, family, the internet’s subversive dangers, and the dire consequences when boundaries are crossed.

Director(s)

Wilson Milam

Cast & Creative

Cast

Phil Daniels

Cast

John Sharian

Cast

Matt Smith

Cast

Nicola Walker

Designer

Ultz

Lighting

Ultz

Lighting

Trevor Wallace

Sound

Scott Myers

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