Nearly two dozen dynamic characters take the stage in this riveting play, including a gum-smacking saint, a radical apostle, a cigarette-addicted angel and a fisher of men who misses his boat. However, is it really Judas who is being judged, or is it God Himself? In a setting that owes as much to the slums as to the scriptures, historical figures like Pontius Pilate, Mother Teresa, Sigmund Freud and Satan testify in the trial of God and the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth vs. Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a courtroom drama where the forces of good and evil put the Bible’s most infamous sinner on trial. Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton, associate professor in acting and directing, the play features members of the UW’s prestigious Professional Actor Training Program as well as undergraduate actors.

This Seattle premiere will be presented in the Meany Studio Theatre.

The UW School of Drama invites you to the trial of the centuries in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Stephen Adly Guirgis’ entertaining exploration of history’s most legendary betrayal.

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