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July 13, 2009:
So despite our own best efforts to sink the good ship Molotov by sticking our dirty wet fingers in the bakery-fresh pie of the local art scene, people still seem to want to take us seriously. Our latest production, a remounting of last winter’s "Closet Land" for the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival, has gotten good reviews – AND audience walkouts! The only thing we could ask for beyond that would be people getting sick in the audience (oh please, oh please…).

With that in mind, it seems to make sense to offer an overview of some commonly-used Molotov vocabulary for your incredulous reading pleasure. Just like the Molotov Manifesto, which spells out the vocabulary of our approach to the Grand Guignol French Theatre of Horror, we pinheads at Molotov also have a vocabulary of words that we’ve made part of our day-to-day way of working.

We’re sharing this stuff with you in the hopes that it sticks. Molotov seems to be in it for the long haul, so let’s all get on the same bandwagon. How crazy would it be to have people start using these words and phrases in their normal every day conversations? Very crazy, is how.

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" hair-raising...
disfigurement and vengeance...
sexual dalliances...

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- Bob Anthony

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Molotov Theatre Group Brings French Horror Theatre Back to DC with
"Blood, Sweat & Fears II"

Two-Time Capital Fringe Festival Award Winners Present a Halloween-Timed Evening of Titillating Horror and Filthy Smut

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October 3rd - October 31st
Wednesdays through Sundays at 8pm
Saturday late nights at 11pm
(no late night show on October 31st)

Directed by Lucas Maloney

Starring: Misia Certe, Jenny Donovan, Kevin Finkelstein, Katie Molinaro and Alex Zavistovich

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The Theatre at 1409 Playbill Cafe
1409 14th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001

Read more about the production here!


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Photos from Past Productions by Nancy Garwood

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MOLOTOV Featured on WAMU's METRO CONNECTION

Alex Zavistovich and Lucas Maloney of Molotov Theatre Group were interviewed in November by WAMU 88.5FM's local radio news magazine, Metro Connection. Read the blurb below and listen to the interview!

"You know when you reach the bottom of your candy bag that October 31st is but a distant memory. But DC's Molotov Theatre is keeping the horrors of Halloween alive and well in Dupont Circle. The mission? To revive the style of the Parisian 'Grand Guignol' horror plays - dramas that deal with macabre subjects and often graphic violence. So, prepare for lots of eye-gouging, throat-slashing and acid-throwing. Stephanie Kaye visits the bloodied and embattled troupe, and speaks with two Molotov members, Alex Zavistovich and Lucas Maloney."

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THE STICKING PLACE Wins Best of the Fringe!

The Sticking PlaceJuly 27, 2008: Proving definitively that there's no accounting for taste, Molotov Theatre Group's thrill-kill sexual bloodplay comedy "The Sticking Place" jumped right over all the sub-categories to win the audience Pick of the Fringe award for Best Overall at the Capital Fringe Festival. The announcement was made on July 26, at the conclusion of Fringe festivities.

Molotov Theatre Group is America’s second-oldest Grand Guignol theatre. The company won recognition as "Best Comedy" in the 2007 Capital Fringe Festival for its debut original production "For Boston."

"This is a particularly sweet F.U. to some pin-headed critics and dusty old-school theatre geeks who shat all over the show for being gratuitous, sophomoric and disappointing," said Molotov’s Producing Artistic Director Lucas Maloney. "From now on, those three words will be in our mission statement, and tattooed on our ass cheeks."

"We'll shed a few tears about failing to impress the increasingly irrelevant pilot fish on our particular brand of shark while we're polishing up our BEST OVERALL AWARD," said Maloney, adding, "an award which, by the way, we're going to keep right next to last year's award for BEST COMEDY. So suck it, wimps."

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