![]() ![]() But as a perky blond angel who bums cigarettes off the recently deceased explains, we're in a corner of Purgatory called Hope. So who is this bellowing magistrate with the Georgia accent, played by R. ![]() ![]() And at the start, Guirgis's version of the afterlife is confusing: Everyone here is already in Purgatory they have no need of being judged. At close to three hours, it's 20 minutes too long. Dallas, TX – The stage comedy, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, is a courtroom trial of Jesus' betrayer a raucous attempt at exonerating Judas set in a Purgatory populated by foul-mouthed hip-hop gangstas and what seems like escapees from the TV show, My Name is Earl.Last Days represents the first days of the Risk Theater Initiative in its new space, a converted garage on Ross Avenue, and for the most part, Stephen Adly Guirgis's play is fairly heavenly fit an irreverent if ragged vaudeville about redemption and despair, about God's infinite forgiveness and the human capacity for the unforgivable. ![]()
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