I just had a play of mine produced about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer! It's a docudrama entitled, "Alcohol and Muscle" and, while researching the work, I came across a series of stage plays based on Dahmer. As such, here's a grotesque grouping of dramatic works with bite! * Apartment 213 by Joseph Ritsch: This play proves to be a successful attempt to make the Jeffrey Dahmer story feel relevant to today's audiences. Here, Dahmer is shown as a man cast aside when a paralyzing fear of his own sexuality leaves him unable to connect with others. * The Confessions of Jeffrey Dahmer by Josh Hitchens: Based on true events, this solo performance puts the audience in a dark basement room alone with one of the most notorious serial killers of the twentieth century. * feeling by Paul Cameron Hardy: This play doesn't present Dahmer as a monster. Rather, it shows him as a traveling companion of sorts to a 29-year-old graduate student struggling to stay afloat a
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