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2010, Bitches!

February 8, 2010:
Brought to you from the desk of MTG Company Member Kevin Finkelstein...

I met Lucas Maloney in November of 2008, when we were both Assistant Directing a production. He was introduced to me as the Artistic Director of Molotov Theatre Group, a company I was familiar with both in name and because I had previously worked with Alex Zavistovich on some other projects.

What I didn’t know at the time was exactly how fucked up these two individuals are. But I would learn. 11 months after that meeting, you could find me onstage, on all fours on a bed, with my leather pants around my ankles getting whipped with a belt and cut with a razor before having cocaine snorted off of my bare ass.

How the fuck did this happen?

In the 14 months since I met Lucas, I’d solidified my friendship with both him and Alex, graduated from the inaugural Disturbatory, performed in Blood, Sweat & Fears II, became a company member, got cast in the next production and was given the reins to direct the summer show (more on those two later).

“Ecsorbete Ignavi” indeed, bitches.

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"...authentically shocking and representative of the psychological terrors, randy sex farces, and morality plays on the menu at the original Theatre du Grand Guignol in Paris."
"...more ironic and subdued than your average pornographic slasher flick..."
"stomach-churning..."
Washington City Paper
- Nick Green

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PAST SHOWS

BLOOD, SWEAT AND FEARS II

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

Blood Sweat and Fears II

Directed by Lucas Maloney

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

Performed at 1409 Playbill Cafe, 1409 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
October 3rd - October 31st, 2009

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.

» Read Reviews for Blood, Sweat and Fears II

 

CLOSET LAND

You would do well to depersonalize what follows.

closet land

By Radha Bharadwaj
Directed by Lucas Maloney

Starred: Jessica Hansen and Alex Zavistovich

Performed at 1409 Playbill Cafe, 1409 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
November 15th - December 13th, 2008

and at 2009 Capital Fringe Festival at redrum at fort fringe, 612 L street nw, washington, dc
July 9th - July 26th, 2009

In a future state, a government interrogator escalates psychological and physical torture against a female author, on the grounds that her children’s book "Closet Land" is politically subversive.

» Read Reviews for Closet Land

THE STICKING PLACE

Never accept a back-alley fun rub.

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By Lucas Maloney and Michael McMahon
Directed by Lucas Maloney

Starred: Laura Bloechl, Praem Phulwani, Pamela Sabella, Karthik Srinivasan

Performed at The Shop, 607 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC
as part of the 2008 Capital Fringe Festival
July 10 - July 26, 2008

There's a hot new trend sweeping the District of Columbia. It's called bloodplay... Urban professionals by day going wild in the evening, only able to get off by slicing into human flesh! The Sticking Place tells the story of young adults getting sucked into this seedy underbelly of athe Capital City. An enticingly twisted tale of lust, jealously, violence, and revenge.

RECOGNITION
- Pick of the Fringe: Best Overall
- Washington City Paper Video Blog

» The Sticking Place Photo Gallery
» Read Reviews for The Sticking Place

BLOOD, SWEAT & FEARS

A collection of three of the most famous Grand Guignol scripts, translated into English by Richard Hand and Michael Wilson, co-authors of the definitive textbook, "Grand Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror."

bsf Directed by Lucas Maloney

Starred: Bill Aitken, Colby Codding, Leslie Sarah Cohen, Tara Garwood, Eric Humphries, Anne Nottage, Robert Rector, Bryant Sullivan

Performed at 1409 Playbill Cafe, 1409 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
January 9th - February 2nd, 2008

The cabaret-style evening of one-acts included the landmark Grand Guignol plays:
The Lighthouse Keepers
by Paul Autier and Paul Cloquemin

Tics, or Doing the Deed
by Rene Berton

The Final Kiss
by Maurice Level
Translations and additional dialogue by Richard Hand

In an unprecedented coup for any group pursuing the authentic Grand Guignol theatre form, Professor Hand also created the character of a narrator specifically for "Blood, Sweat & Fears." The character ties each of the three one-act plays together with a compelling blend of dark humor and sexuality.

» Blood, Sweat & Fears Photo Gallery
» Read Reviews for Blood, Sweat & Fears

FOR BOSTON

Blood and urine have never been so gratuitous.

For Boston

By Lucas Maloney and Michael McMahon
Directed by Lucas Maloney

Starred: JJ Area, Chris Dinolfo, Danny Gavigan, and Eric Humphries

Performed at Flashpoint’s Mead Theatre Lab, 916 G Street, NW, Washington, DC
as part of the 2007 Capital Fringe Festival
July 21 - July 29, 2008

Over a drunken Labor Day weekend in Boston, two barfly buddies get sucked into the undertow of bad decisions. Hard luck and hard choices define how far a friendship can stretch.

RECOGNITION
- Pick of the Fringe: Best Comedy
- Washington City Paper Best Bet
- Washington Post Review

» For Boston Photo Gallery