![]() Is that really fair? Was Judas the duplicitous master of his own fate, a much-suffering pawn used for Jesus’s ends, or just a man who made a mistake? Set in a courtroom in Purgatory, The Last Days puts Judas’ case to a hilarious, riotous, piercing trial, the results of which are sure to make the inhabitants of Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory - and the audience - reconsider what each thought they knew about forgiveness, faith, and the human inside one of the history’s most infamous figures. The Last Days of Judas Iscariot AugBy Les Spindle This clever seriocomedy by up-and-coming playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings) is a loopy fantasia that takes place in Purgatory, where Jesus Christ's betrayer, Judas Iscariot, is prosecuted for his infamous crimes. He is seen as the man responsible for Jesus’s death afterwards, Judas fell into despair and hung himself from an olive tree since then, he has been suffering for his deeds deep in Hell, and will continue to do so for all eternity. ![]() Boasting a large, zany cast of characters, the play asks one of the most plaguing questions in the Christian ideology: What happened to Judas Iscariot? The facts (we think!) we know are these: Judas was the disciple of Jesus who betrayed his friend and teacher to the authorities. ![]() The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a hilarious, poignant, thought-provoking work by Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis.
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