Ministry of Cultural Warfare : Archives : Slaughter House Warming

About the show

The premise is simple: Four strangers all meet at a housewarming party for their friends Karen and Jeff (who never appears). These strangers somehow wind up on the porch, get tipsy and accuse one another of destroying American society. An evangelical Christian suburbanite called Brenda; an overeducated drug dealer named Craig; Evan, a materialistic and vapid queer; and a maladjusted manic-depressive named Marc don't have anything good to say about one another—or, for that matter, themselves.

The show is an allegory for what playwright and director Matthew Foster sees as the ongoing American culture wars. After September 11, Foster decided he had absolutely had it with all of the "united we stand" rhetoric and thought it was high time we all got back to doing what Americans do best: Hate the living shit out of one another—without killing each other in the streets over it.

Reviews and press

Cast and crew

Leigha Horton
Brenda

Nathan Surprenant
Evan

Levi Weinhagen
Craig

Matthew Foster
Writer, director

Leigha Horton
Producer

Jenn Supple
Stage manager

Lara Brown
Costumes

Nathan Surprenant
Sets

Brett Baldwin
Props

Nathan Surprenant
Michael Wells
J.J. Jackson
et al.
Set building

FRINGE 2002 PRODUCTION
Jonathan Peterson
Marc

Ellie Jackson
Karen

BRYANT-LAKE BOWL PRODUCTION (OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2002)
Jeremiah Stich
Marc

Laura Zabel
Brenda