Slaughter City

by Naomi Wallace

February 19 - March 21, 2010

Friday, Saturday @ 8 p.m. and Sunday @ 7 p.m.
Monday night performances on March 8 and 15
* No performance on March 7

Contains brief nudity, adult themes and occasional cigarette smoking.

Son of Semele Theater
3301 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90004

*Check ticketing service for restrictions.

Set in a rural meat factory where management is trying to break the union, Slaughter City explores the struggle to remain human in a mechanized, profit-driven culture. The play examines the interpersonal relationships between labor and management, as it focuses on the lives of four workers struggling to earn a living under hellish conditions. Roach and Maggot are childhood best friends, who have worked in the slaughterhouse their entire adult lives. Brandon is a smooth-talking kid who is quickly working his way up the factory ladder, and Cod is a relative new-comer, a non-union worker whom the others resent for crossing their pickets.

Location:

Son of Semele Theater
3301 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90004

Tickets:

$20, general

Questions/Exchanges:

Email us by sending a message to tickets@sonofsemele.org.

Artwork:
Sue Coe: Boys Play Football with Hogs Head (detail). © 1990
Sue Coe; courtesy Galerie St. Etienne, NY