Arcola Theatre is proud to present a riveting new play by Ariel Dorfman, the acclaimed writer of Argentine-Chilean origin.

Ariel Dorfman has authored plays such as Reader, Widows, and Death and the Maiden, which was also turned into a film by Roman Polanskiat Arcola Theatre

“What if the person who holds the key to my salvation is the one I have hurt most in this world?”

This new production will be directed by Daniele Guerra, with sets and lighting by Charles Edwards and costumes by Jon Morrell, who jointly won an Olivier Award for JENUFA in 2006. The actors are Adjoa Andoh and Patrick Baladi. PURGATORIO is produced by the Arcola Theatre.

Are trust and redemption really possible after violence and betrayal? Purgatorio is an intense, poetic enquiry into the themes of forgiveness and retribution.

“Dorfman’s play is fascinating, brilliant, elegant, funny. He endows his woman protagonist with poetry worthy of Euripides. A subtle drama of give and take, take back and give back" Seattle Post Intelligencer