The Pillowman by: Martin McDonagh

Produced by PlayOn

Content Warnings:
Explicit Violence, Acted Out on Stage:
Punching, kicking, hair pulling and excessive beating of Katurian by Ariel, Police Brutality.
Ariel tries to force toes into Katurian's mouth, Police Brutality.
Michal gets tortured by The Mother and The Father by drills and sparks, Physical Abuse to a child.
Katurian thuds Michal’s head against the floor.
Katurian suffocates his Mother, Father and Michal with a pillow.
The Mother rips off The Little Jesus Girls fake Jesus beard, Physical Abuse to a child.
The Mother places a crown of thorns on her head, Physical Abuse to a child.
The Mother and Father place a heavy cross on the Little Jesus Girl’s back, Physical Abuse to a child.
The Mother and Father nail the Little Jesus Girl to the cross and stand her upright, Physical Abuse to a child.
The Mother and Father bury the Little Jesus Girl alive in a coffin, Physical Abuse to a child.
Tupolski Shoots Katurian in the Head, execution style.

Depictions or Descriptions of Violence:
A young boy's toes being cut off, a child murdered.
A young girl swallowing razor blades, a child murdered.
A young girl being physically abused by her father.
Murdering of a criminal by being shot by a highwayman.
A creature dressed as pillows forces kids to kill themselves in accidental ways, such as drowning, so they don’t live a miserable life. And if they don’t kill themselves they commit sucide when they are older. Mentions of cutting their wrists, turning a gas stove on, dying of carbon monoxide poisoning, and jumping off buildings.
Ariel killed his father by smothering him with a pillow.
Ariel was sexually abused by his Father when he was a child.
Tuploski’s son dying from drowning.

Language
Profanity.
Graphic details of murders.
Graphic detail of sexual abuse of Ariel when they were a child.
Offensive and Derogatory language toward individuals who are neurodivergent.
Bigotry, Racist, and Stereotypical Language towards individuals of Chinese descent.

Potentially Triggering Props
Prop Gun
Blindfold
A Box Tin of 10 Toes
A Cross
Blood
Cigarettes

Environmental Triggers
Long periods of Screaming by Adults
Sounds of individuals in pain.
Sound of Slapping, punching, kicking.
Loud Sounds of Drills and Sparks.
A sound of a gunshot
Sounds of burying someone alive.
Blood.

THE PILLOWMAN was first presented by the National Theatre at the Cottesloe, London, directed by John Crowley, on November 13, 2003.
The production was subsequently produced on Broadway by the National Theatre, Robert Boyett Theatricals LLC and RMJF Inc. in association with Boyett Ostar, Robert Fox, Arielle Tepper, Stephanie P. McClelland, Debra Black,
Dede Harris / Morton Swinsky / Roy Furman / Jon Avnet
in association with Joyce Schweickert, opening at the Booth Theatre, New York City, on April 10, 2005.

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