"RECOMMENDED"
LA TIMES, LA WEEKLY

"A rousing and rewarding
theatrical journey"
"A wild and wacky ride"
TOLUCAN TIMES

"Superb"
NOHO LA

"Ortonesque brilliance"
BACKSTAGE WEST

"A whimsical stroll into
the apocalypse"
LA WEEKLY

"Inescapable current pertinence"
LA TIMES

Originally staged at the Royal Shakespeare Company, THE BODY is a biting political comedy in the tradition of Dr. Strangelove. Set in a tiny seaside village, a muddy dead body sets off a dark and hilarious tug-of-war between the local villagers and the US Marines stationed in a nearby camp as politics and cultures explode. You'll meet a Rector dressed as a Chinaman who gets arrested as a Communist spy, a village policeman who can't keep his trousers up, a Marine lieutenant obsessed with tweed jackets and terrorism, a bucket of cockles... and, well, you get the idea...

"This stunning production left me with my heart broken open. "
BETH HENLEY
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright

Cast: Susan Clark, Dale Dickey, Peter Dennis, Jason Hildebrandt, Steve Keyes, Todd Lawson, Ralph Lister, Dax McKeever, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Michael O'Hagan, Steve Peterson, Ian Putnam, Stephanie Stenta, Julian Stone, Natalie Sutherland and Walter Wong.

Directed by David Payne

Set Design: Laura Fine
Lighting Design: Kristie Roldan
Sound Design: David Beaudry
Costume Design: Louise de Teliga
Casting: Pam Gilles

Produced by David Payne and Katy Haber

All proceeds from the Los Angeles production of THE BODY benefitted the Dome Village Homeless Shelter in Downtown Los Angeles (www.domevillage.org).

Nick Darke has written over 20 plays that have been performed in London at the Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, Royal Court and on British TV and have frequently been translated and performed around the world. A New York production of his play Dead Monkey is planned later this year.

Director/Producer David Payne worked extensively in British theatre before moving to the United States in 1990. His work has been seen at theatres that include the Royal Court, Open Space, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Citizens' Theatre (Glasgow), Bankside Globe Playhouse and London's West End. Additionally, Mr. Payne also produced the motion pictures The Draughtsman's Contract and And Nothing But The Truth.

Producer Katy Haber, after an illustrious thirty-year career in the movie industry (including eight movies with Sam Peckinpah) is currently Executive Director of Dome Village Homeless Shelter. She has been on the Board of Directors of BAFTA/LA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Los Angeles) for fourteen years and served as its Deputy Chair for the last four.

All photos by Kristie Roldan.