The Motherfucker with the Hat
by Stephen Adly Guirgis

Name: The Motherfucker with the Hat
Brand: Stephen Adly Guirgis
SKU: 9780822225485
Rating: 3.96 (161 reviews)

Broadway Off-West End

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Highlights

Female

Male

105 mins Present Day Multicultural Casting Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk Award Tony Award

Nominee: 2011 Tony Award for Best Play Nominee: 2011 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

Synopsis

Jackie, a petty drug dealer, is fresh out of prison and just trying to stay clean.

He’s also still in love with his coke-addicted childhood sweetheart, Veronica.

Ralph D. is Jackie’s too-smooth, slightly slippery sponsor.

He’s married to the bitter and disaffected Victoria, who, by the way, has the hots for Jackie.

And then there’s Julio, Jackie’s cousin… a stand-up, “stand by me” kind of guy.

When Jackie, recently paroled, finds an unfamiliar hat in Veronica’s apartment, his fragile new life teeters.

A dark comedy with continual dialogue and flawed characters that you can’t take your eyes away from.

Press Reviews

"Guirgis, a brilliant comedic talent, also has an original and knowing take on class, particularly as it plays out among the bottom-of-the-barrel working-class poor, who are virtually invisible to the wealthier men and women around them."
— The New Yorker

"Funny indeed – not to mention surprising, disturbing and poignant… By not putting characters or their dilemmas in neat boxes, Guirgis gives us, in Hat, a slice of hard life that’s as provocative as it is absorbing."
— USA Today

"It’s tight, smart and splendidly well-made, a tough-minded, unromantically romantic comedy that keeps you laughing, then sends you home thinking."
— Wall Street Journal

"Focusing on the challenges of recovery from addiction and what he sees as a fundamental disconnect between men and women, Guirgis spins a comic tragedy out of a situation that would almost certainly be described by one of his characters as totally f-ked up."
— Lighting and Sound America