With quick changes and comic business worthy of a Marx Brothers routine, Italy's
most popular contemporary playwright proves himself a genius of biting satire as well as
broad comedy. According to Becky Udden, Founding Artistic Director for Main Street
Theater, "We first tried to present this play in the early 1980s when Fo was coming to the
attention of English-speaking playgoers."

"The story of Accidental Death Of An Anarchist was eerily reminiscent of a similar
incident in Houston, in which a man being questioned by Houston police fell into a bayou
and died. We were unable to obtain the rights then, and while the play is not so timely
politically now, it remains a brilliant work of comedy and a wickedly savage indictment
of the abuse of power in any form."

Main Street Theater audiences will undoubtedly remember Fo's The Virtuous
Burglar, the hands-down favorite from this season's "Festival of One Act Plays." Also
returning to the Main Street Theater stage are director Steve Garfinkel and actor Jef
Johnson, one of Houston's foremost physical comedians, who will play "The Fool," a
role which has quickly become one of the great comic roles in world dramatic literature.

Accidental Death Of An Anarchist opens at Main Street Theater's Times
Boulevard location at 2540 Times Boulevard. The production opens in preview
performances on February 27 and opens on March 3, running through April 3.


Accidental Death of An Anarchist

Directed by Steve Garfinkel
WHERE: Main Street Theater in the Village (2540 Times Boulevard)
WHEN: Opening Previews begin Saturday, February 27
Thursdays through Sundays beginning March 4 and ending April 3
TIME: Thursdays 7:30 pm, Fridays / Saturdays 8:00pm, Sundays 4:00pm
TICKET PRICES: Thursdays $13, Fridays / Saturdays $18, Sundays $14
Discount tickets available for students, seniors and groups of ten or more.

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