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OUR LADY OF
121st STREET
“Maybe you grew up in a godless jungle, but I remember when the world was not this! And this? This is not the world!”
OUR LADY OF 121st STREET The Ortiz Funeral Room is in big trouble: The body of beloved community activist and nun Sister Rose has been stolen from the viewing room, and waiting for her proper return are some of New York City’s most emotionally charged, life-challenged neighborhood denizens, trying to find a place to put their grief, checkered pasts and their uncertain futures. Among the equally hilarious and tragic twelve characters, you’ll meet Rooftop, a chronically unfaithful but otherwise popular Los Angeles DJ, looking to reconcile with the love his life; Pinky and Edwin, two brothers tragically linked together forever; and the outrageously angry Norca, who doesn’t let the fact that she shelpt with her best friend’s husband deter her from the full expectation of being immediately forgiven of her sin by her best friend, Inez, still in pain fifteen years later. The rest of the crowd in this dark, insightful and very funny comedy inevitably square off on each other, motivated by rage, pain and a scary desire to come clean – perhaps for the first time.
OFF-BROADWAY
FIRST PREVIEW: February 18, 2003
OPENED: March 6, 2003
CLOSED: July 27, 2003
THEATRE: Union Square Theatre
PLAYWRIGHT: Stephen Adly Guirgis
DIRECTOR: Phillip Seymour Hoffman
SCENIC DESIGN: Narelle Sissons
COSTUME DESIGN: Mimi O'Donnell
LIGHTING DESIGN: James Vermeulen
SOUND DESIGN: Eric DeArmon