“Scott Sickles has crafted a wickedly compelling compilation that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats.”
Theatre Beyond Broadway Presents:
Hellish Delights
the thrilling revival written by Multi-Award-Winning Playwright Scott C. Sickles
Hellish Delights
Originally staged five years ago, this production was among the final shows produced at Shetler Studios before the pandemic forced its closure. Now, Hellish Delights returns to the stage, reigniting its powerful themes and thrilling audiences once more.
Hellish Delights will run at the Chain Theatre, 312 W 36th St, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10018 from May 2 to May 10th. [Insert Ticket Link]
Directed by Jesse Edward Rosbrow, Hellish Delights delivers a spellbinding mix of sharp wit, dark humor, and emotional depth. Known for his award-winning works that masterfully blend the fantastical with the deeply human, Sickles’ latest play explores the tantalizing costs of our deepest yearnings.
Set in a world where the line between pleasure and peril is razor-thin, Hellish Delights is a collection of four one acts:
Bulletproof Love: Ambrose and Ramona were gonna get married. But then the murder happened, so…
The Fallow Garden: Glynnis and Marie-France are digging a hole in Lavinia Fowler’s garden. They are not planting vegetables.
O, for a Muse of Fire: Lane used to be a composer in love with Vaughn. Vaughn wants Lane to remember her passions. She does.
Somewhere South of Bethlehem: Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, Lucrezia Borgia, and the Devil rehearse a Nativity play in Hell.
“We are thrilled to bring this gripping tale to life and share its thrilling twists and profound insights with theatergoers..”
Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind theatrical experience that dares to explore the price of indulgence.
Theatre Beyond Broadway Presents:
Hellish Delights
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May 2
7:00PM
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May 3
7:00PM
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May 4
3:00PM
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May 5
7:00PM
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May 8
7:00PM
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May 9
7:00PM
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May 10
3:00 PM
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May 10
7:00PM
PRODUCTION TEAM
Fight and Intimacy Director: Emily Edwards
Set Design/Technical Director: Ian McDonald
Costume Designer: Amanda Paz
Lighting Designer: Crys Clemente Pascale
Sound Designer/Composer: Chris Chappell
Puppetry Designer: Sharon Epperson
Production Stage Manager: Jodi Witherell
Graphic Designer: Jade DaRu
Website & Digital Designer: Amanda Montoni
Executive Producer: Malini Singh McDonald and Theatre Beyond Broadway
About the Playwright
SCOTT C. SICKLES (he/him) is an LGBTQ+/neurodivergent/ Mixed Korean American writer. His plays have been performed in New York City, across the U.S., and in Canada, Australia, the UK, Hungary, Singapore, Indonesia, Lebanon, India, and Dubai. Sickles is especially proud that Playing on the Periphery: Monologues and Scenes for and About Queer Kids, about LGBTQ+ third-graders, has been staged in red states at Whim Productions in KCMO, Reading Theater Project in Pennsylvania, and throughout “Don’t Say Gay” Florida. His queer/trans political thriller Tesseract received a Relentless Award Honorable Mention. Leviathan Lab presented his queer neurodivergent alt-history saga The Second World Trilogy in its entirely: a workshop production of Marianas Trench (Part One; O’Neill Finalist; Portland Stage, Road Theatre Company), and readings of Pangea (Part Two; Garry Marshall Theatre) and The Known Universe (Part Three). The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis’s world premiere of Nonsense and Beauty garnered an Edgerton Foundation Award, was an ATCA’s Steinberg Award finalist, and is published by Next Stage Press. The Next Stage Press catalog also includes Composure, Hairdresser on Fire, From the Top, Intellectuals, Moonlight & Love Songs, and Hellish Delights. His work has been developed and presented at City Theatre (Miami), HB Studios, Gulfshore Playhouse, Dayton Playhouse Future Fest, Barrington Stage Company, Qweerdog (Manchester), Short+Sweet, Urban Stage, Abingdon Theatre Company, Otherworld Theatre, Valdez Theater Conference, Midwest Dramatists, and the Lark Play Development Center, among others. Emmy and five-time Writers Guild of America awards for General Hospital.
About the Director
Jesse Edward Rosbrow founded and was the artistic director of Theatre of the Expendable for five years, where he was the director, producer, or both for all eleven of TotE’s productions. One TotE favorite was the first NY revival of Conor McPherson’s St Nicholas, which he directed, and which was nominated for three NY Innovative Theatre Awards, including Best Production of a Play. In 2005, he directed the NYC premiere production of Václav Havel’s one-act trilogy Audience, Unveiling, Protest. He performed in the world premiere of the late Dario Fo and the late Franca Rame’s last play, The Story of Qu, in the 2015 Milan World Expo. More recently, Jesse directed multiple productions of a one-woman show about Marlene Dietrich, My Marlene. If you’re curious, please ask him about the boffo adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard that he’s been workshopping, and that he’s planning on bringing to production soon. Jesse’s work has been shown at theatres such as HERE Arts Center, Dixon Place, and the Brick, and he has worked with companies such as Theatre Beyond Broadway, the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, Reign or Shine Productions, Six Part Productions, Oberon Theatre Ensemble, Roundtable Ensemble, and the Factory at Hunter College. He studied Dario Fo–style performance at the Accademia dell’Arte. Jesse has a MA in Theatre from Hunter College and a BA from Vassar College, where he majored in Drama (mostly directing) and minored in Latin (mostly dead guys).