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Show Trial


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Show Trial
By Laura Zlatos
Directed by Tom Costello
October 15th-November 8th

Featuring Justin Ahdoot*, Brian Bock, Kalusha Brutlag, Jessie Cannizzaro*, Jessica Frey*, Alex J. Gould*, Alex Mandell*, Tom Mezger*, Ema Zivkovik*

Dramaturgy - Tom Costello & Stephen Christensen

Scenic Design - Cat Raynor

Costume & Props - Design Patricia Marjorie

Lighting Design - Sawyer Smith

Sound Design - Nicholas Webster

Associate Costume & Props Design - Whitney Fabre

Graphic Design Morgan McDowell

Production Stage Management - Scott Yezzi

Associate Producer - Haley Fragen


*Appearing Courtesy of Actors' Equity Association


Breakneck Productions
With support from Mateo King West

One woman stands alone against an oppressive regime. Show Trial turns state propaganda into farce—with choreographed confessions, scripted testimony, and a healthy disregard for reality. Drawn from the real transcripts of the 1950 trial of Milada Horáková, the Czechoslovak dissident accused of treason by a regime that had already written the verdict, it's a political satire about the choices we make when history belongs to the victors.

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