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Title- The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Author(s)- Stephen Adly Guirgis
Language/Translator(s)- English
Year of Original Publication- Feb. 2005
Genre/Length/Structure- 2 Act play, approximately 2 ½ hours long
Agency Controlling License- Dramatists Play Service Inc.
Royalty Fee(s)- FEE: $75 per performance.
Cast Breakdown (M/F)- Cast: 10 men, 5 women (doubling): 15 total

Time and Setting- Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell, in a courtroom in HOPE CITY. UNIT SET

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Brief Bio of Author(s) -
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Stephen Adly Guirgis is a longtime member of NYC's LAByrinth Theater Company. His plays have been produced on five continents and throughout the United States. They include: the extended, sold out run of THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, OUR LADY OF 121st STREET (10 best plays of 2003; Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Best Play Nominations), JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN ( Edinburgh Fringe First Award, Olivier Nomination as London's Best New Play, Barrymore Award, Detroit Free Press Best Play Award), and IN ARABIA WE'D ALL BE KINGS (10 Best of '99, TimeOut New York, critics pick, TimeOut London). All four plays were originally produced by LAByrinth, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and are published through Dramatists Play Service and by Faber and Faber. Stephen was awarded a 2004 TCG fellowship, attended the 2004 Sundance Screenwriter's Lab, was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by FILMAKER MAGAZINE, and appeared in Entertainment Weekly’s 2005 Summer Must List. He has received new play commissions from Manhattan Theater Club and South Coast Rep, is a member of New Dramatists and the MCC Playwright’s Coalition, and is a regular contributor to ESOPUS Magazine. Television writing credits include “NYPD Blue”, “The Sopranos”, David Milch’s CBS drama “Big Apple”, and Shane Salerno's NBC drama “UC: Undercover”. As an actor, he has appeared in Brett C. Leonard’s GUINEA PIG SOLO produced at the Public Theatre in New York, and played leading roles in two recent films: Todd Solondz's PALINDROMES, and Brett C. Leonard's award winning JAILBAIT opposite Michael Pitt. Currently, he is developing a project with Mos Def and HBO, and is writing his first feature film for Scott Rudin Productions, to be directed by George C. Wolfe. He lives in New York City.
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Brief Plot Summary-
The play centers on Judas’ trial in purgatory, and a liberal, young, female lawyer’s attempt to have him cleared of all charges and let in to heaven. Many famous witnesses are called on his behalf and against him including Mother Teresa, Sigmund Freud, and Lucifer himself. What makes these characters so unique is their portrayal. They use clichés skillfully by upholding them and debunking them at the same time. Typical religious figures such as Peter, Matthew, and Judas himself are modernized in a way that makes them accessible without diminishing the root of their characters.
http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2007/oct/29/theater-review-last-day-judas-iscariot/