Hell Meets Henry Halfway

A heady cocktail of florid insults and absurd cruelties, dressed in tennis whites.

Based on Polish literary provocateur Witold
Gombrowicz's Gothic horror novel Possessed, Henry is
set amid a decaying Eastern European aristocracy. It's a pitch-black comedy, set in a poisonous
atmosphere of contempt and self-pity.
Winner of a 2005 OBIE Award.

Directed by Dan Rothenberg; Text by Adriano Shaplin

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“Absurd, unbalancing and exhilarating, Hell Meets Henry Halfway is a Tilt-a-Whirl of a show that leaves you dizzy and means to.”

— The New York Times
“The paradoxical thing about anarchy is that it takes discipline to pull off — and Dan Rothenberg's direction is, above all, disciplined… No matter how bizarre the dramatic events, a unifying company style (think George Romero apprenticing under George Abbott) keeps the action grounded.”

— Variety
“It's the rare play that conveys existentialist malaise, but isn't itself dull or depressing. Pig Iron succeeds.”

— The Village Voice

Hell Meets Henry Halfway

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