Death Tax

Death Tax

Open Court Festival

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First Performance 18/06/2013

Closing 22/06/2013

80 year old Maxine is convinced her daughter is paying Nurse Tina to bump her off before an impending tax deadline.

A darkly comic play about death and taxes, and how we must live with both.

Lucas Hnath is a playwright based in New York City. His previous credits include Death Tax (Humana Festival/Steinberg Award Isaac’s Eye (EST) and the short play, NightNight (Humana Festival). Upcoming: A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney (SoHo Rep) and Red Speedo (Studio Theatre, DC).

Suitable for ages 14+

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Director - John Tiffany

Designer - Chloe Lamford

Author - Lucas Hnath

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