Fresh from not winning an unprecedented third Capital Fringe Audience Pick award, Molotov Theatre Group, America’s second-oldest Grand Guignol theatre, will present “Blood, Sweat & Fears II” from October 3, 2009 through October 31, 2009 at 1409 Playbill Café (1409 14th Street NW, Washington, DC, 2001). The show is a cabaret-style production of three Grand Guignol one-act plays, with needlessly amped-up sex, drugs, rock and roll, blood and appalling behavior with stuffed animals.

Showtimes are Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8 PM, with a second late-night show on Saturday evenings at 11 PM.

Blood, Sweat and Fears II includes one of the first-ever original French Grand-Guignol scripts, “Jack!” (or “Lui!”), and “Is the Coffee Warm?” adapted from “Coals of Fire” from the British Grand Guignol theater of the early 20th century. A showcase featured play, “Thank You,” was written specifically for Molotov Theater Group by Carro Marren and Jon Lane, of the Grand Guignol-inspired Dreamcatcher Theatre in England. Directed by Molotov Artistic Director, the Blood, Sweat and Fears II cast features Misia Certe, Jenny Donovan, Kevin Finkelstein, Katie Molinaro, and Alex Zavistovich.

“Well, this is pretty typical for a Molotov production – weird, gratuitous, and sophomoric,” said Maloney. “We have high hopes for this production. We had our first cast party one week into rehearsals, and it went well into the next day. That’s a good sign for the overall level of commitment to excess that Molotov demands of its actors.”

“If you sit in the first few rows of the theater during the show, you might want to wear clothes you don’t mind getting a little wet – or maybe a poncho,” Maloney cautioned. “There’s a good chance of some random fluids flying around, and we can’t guarantee where they’ll all spray.”