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Jeffrey Dahmer Onstage

 


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 after having been dumped by her boyfriend.

*Jeffrey Dahmer is Unwell by Alan Francis and Mike Hayley:  This work is about a 40-something, odd couple whose apartment sharing takes a turn for the worse with one of the roommate's obsession with serial killers.

*A Steady Rain by Keith Huff:  Loosely based on a real-life event involving Jeffrey Dahmer, this show focuses on two policemen who return a young man to a cannibalistic serial killer claiming to be the kid's uncle.

Sources:

Internet Source, www.baltimoresun.com, Review for Apartment 213.

Internet Source, www.nytimes.com, Review for feeling.

Internet Source, www.theatrephiladelphia.org, Review for Confessions of Jeffrey Dahmer.

Internet Source, www.theguardian.com, Review for Jeffrey Dahmer is Unwell.

Internet Source, www.wikipedia.org, Review for A Steady Rain.

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