Last Supper

Written by: Dan Rosen
Directed by: Akia
Music by: Christopher Bowen

Would you play God if you could? A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering for their political beliefs in the pursuit of changing the world for good. After a dinner party goes wrong and a guest ends up unexpectedly slain after a violent political debate, a group of roommates decide that this can be their way of changing the world and making a difference... one unreasonable conservative at a time.
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It's 1921. You're in a bar. In Vienna, Austria. You’re sitting across from a young man, his name is Adolph Hitler. He hasn’t done anything inherently evil yet. But he will. You know he will. He might even start a world war, one day. So... Do you kill him? In between his rants, do you slip some poison into his drink? Do you kill him right there- right then-because you know you can save all those millions of innocent people? Do you kill him because deep in your soul-you know you’re doing the right thing? It's a question that has been posed by many, but what would happen if you and a group of friends actually decided to take a conviction so far the lines of right and wrong get blurred? Would you play God if you could? The Rising Sun Performance Company presents the main stage selection of their 9th season: "The Last Supper", the New York City Stage Adaptation premiere of the 1995 film, by Dan Rosen. A dark and fiercely witty comedy set in a small Iowa town, the story follows a group of liberal grad students and their well meaning descent into murder. After a dinner party goes wrong and their guest ends up unexpectedly slain after a violent political debate, the group decides that this can be their way of changing the world and making a difference - One unreasonable conservative at a time. They begin inviting guests over for dinner and political discussion. If they can't change their guests mind through "intelligent" conversation and debate, they end their lives "humanely" by poisoning them. With each dinner, and the bodies mounting, the roommate’s relationships to one another and reality quickly begin to unravel. A funny and fascinating look at human nature, conviction, creative gardening, politics and hypocrisy of the highest sort.