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Dickhead
First Preview: Sep 26, 2024
Opening Date: Sep 28, 2024
Closing Date: Oct 13, 2024
Running Time: 02:00
Playing @
Theater for the New City
155 First Ave, New York, NY 10003
Onstage we follow the multigenerational dynamics of a dysfunctional family as they pursue/embrace personal fantasies and pipe dreams in a modern world under siege of technology and virtual reality. The paterfamilias, Richard (often referred to as a Dick) has recently forgotten the password to his bitcoin wallet where millions of dollars sit just out of reach. Soon, his daily frustration turns to keen desperation, as the bitcoin continues to rise exponentially in price (as if mocking him), while he fitfully exhausts the numbers of guesses permitted to unlock his wallet, at the risk of forfeiting this fortune altogether. As Richard senses this impending loss, his behavior grows more manic and abusive towards his lotto-addicted wife (Ruth) and his son’s family, who are temporarily residing with them while their house is cleared of toxic mold. The son (Bobby) pursues his own insular fantasy by writing unsold screenplays, while his wife (Darcy) a former school teacher, is pruriently promoting herself on OnlyFans. Their young boy (Junior) is often present when his mother is taped by her father in compromising scenarios—but is also oblivious the whole time as he’s wearing his VR headset and is immersed in his own fantasy world. The various strands of fantasy violently converge when a stalker appears and the ethereal fantasy—once a footnote to reality—now subverts it.
Performance Schedule
THURSDAY-SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM
Written By
- Gil Kofman
Director
- Richard Caliban
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Full-price tickets:
$20.75 - $20.75
Accessibility
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Box Office
Counter 43". -
Parking
SVI Permit. -
Curb Ramps
All corners. -
Passenger Loading Zone
Front. -
Restroom
Unisex: Lobby. Lightweight door 33". Stall 66" x 68". Commode 19". Grab bars. -
Seating
Four Theatres: Three on lobby-level (one seating 240, two seating 99 each), one in basement (seats 65). No fixed seating in any of the theaters. -
Elevator\Escalator
Elevator: For access to basement theater. Lift for one person using wheelchair and one ambulatory person. Operated with key by house manager. -
Telephone
Lobby. Coin slot 61". Cord 29". -
Entrance
Ground level. Double doors in series (each 36"). Easy to operate with adequate maneuvering space. -
Visual Assistance
None. -
Water Fountain
None. -
Assisted Listening System
None. -
Wheelchair Info
No fixed seating in any of the theaters.
