Tickets now on sale for Kitchen Dog Theater and SMU’s joint venture of Our Lady of 121st Street

by Shawn Parikh

Kitchen Dog Theater and SMU are teaming up to present Stephen Adly Guirgis' Our Lady of 121st Street from November 16 - December 15. Guirgis is a contemporary playwright widely known for his Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, currently running with Risk Theater Initiative. KDT Co-Artistic Director Tina Parker directs the area premiere of this hilarious, raunchy, and ultimately very touching play

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 of his life; Pinky and Edwin, two brothers tragically linked forever; and the outrageously angry Norca, who doesn't let the fact that she slept 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.

Purchase tickets online or by calling 214-953-1055.