When it comes to the bad and the better... what's the difference?

The Bad and the Better is a new detective noir told through the lens of the rebelliously raucous Amoralists Theatre Company.

Written by Derek Ahonen
Directed by Daniel Aukin

FINAL 2 PERFORMANCES TODAY!

TODAY AT 2 & 7:30

The Peter Jay Sharp Theater
416 West 42nd Street

 

 

 


Who are The Amoralists?

The Amoralists create kick-ass theatre. We work on the edge of the cliff, not three feet back, not three feet over. Boom!

www.theamoralists.com

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Name: Matilda

Who I Am: A bartender with a potty mouth and a love for the law

Yeah, I Said It: “I shoulda never got with a cop. Shoulda learned from my mother. You’re a dangerous sonofabitch.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Faye

Who I Am: An idealistic bookstore manager

Yeah, I Said It: “I think I might love you.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Venus

Who I Am: A playwright with a secret

Yeah, I Said It: "The sequel will be far more intense... a whole world of violent death in the sequel. I'll have like this different level thing going for me where like the revolutionaries are all sentimental lovers and they all die because of it. It'll really just be a story about love but it'll be somewhat disguised as a cautionary tale about the hypocrisies of principles."

 

 

 

 

Name: Miss Hollis

Who I Am: A lovestruck secretary

Yeah, I Said It: “I’m just trying to do my job as well as humanly possible with a boss I’m in love with.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Ricky Lang

Who I Am: A washed-up detective stuck in police Siberia 

Yeah, I Said It: “You know what? Let’s just forget that you said what you said and I just did what I just did and we’ll call it a…’sexual harassment cross cancellation’ situation. Okay?”

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Charity

Who I Am: One half of a duo. The rest remains a mystery.

Yeah, I Said It: “You think that equality is something that’s simply handed over by the powerful?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Justice

Who I Am: The other half of the duo

Yeah, I Said It: “Workers work. Leaders lead. We’re not workers.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Eugene Moretti

Who I Am: A politician on the rise

Yeah, I Said It: "What has two thumbs and likes clean? This guy. Clean like a fetus’ conscience. You give me a dirty shirt and it get cleaned. Ask Mr. Kim my dry cleaner. I bring my dirty shirts in clean. And I’m going to clean up this state for all the little people like Mr. Kim out there. Mr. Kim… We’re getting clean, baby."

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Richard Zorn

Who I Am: A mysterious power player

Yeah, I Said It: "You leave Mr. Moretti getting elected to me. I'm putting that kid in Albany if it's the last thing I do."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Edmond

Who I Am: An anarchist/sensitive pharmaceutical sales rep

Yeah, I Said It: “You don’t know the difference between the bad and the better. You’re gray from head to toe.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Inez

Who I Am: An anarchist with an habanero temper

Yeah, I Said It: “I want to burn something to the ground. I killed a cop at four years old. I can live with a lot.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Scotty

Who I Am: An anarchist and computer whiz who sometimes hacks into things

Yeah, I Said It: “Where money and anger meet, therein lies the possibility of corruption.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Nino

Who I Am: An anarchist and bartender

Yeah, I Said It: “You see that girl? Don't look at her!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Julio

Who I Am: A police officer with a score to settle

Yeah, I Said It: "I’m just an eager cop. I’ve wanted to be a cop for so long. Ever since I saw what your brother did to those three kids up in here...  I’ve wanted to know shit about shit."

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Connie Lang

Who I Am: Ricky Lang's wife

Yeah, I Said It: “If you know the rules then don’t complain. Cause when you have kids it’s too fucking late. You’re stuck with the cocksucker until some gangbanger buries him with a bullet between his fucking eyes.”

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Julie

Who I Am: Ricky Lang's daughter/full-time teenager

Yeah, I Said It: “Stupid.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: John March

Who I Am: A Long Island resident   

Yeah, I Said It: “He didn’t kill her. There’s no way my father could have done this.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Jane March

Who I Am: A Long Island resident

Yeah, I Said It: “They must have been poisoned.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Lenny

Who I Am: A police officer who’s trying to keep his family on the right track

Yeah, I Said It: “You didn’t love her. And that’s okay, but just know…you didn’t love her. You don’t treat people you love the way you treated them.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Detective Becker

Who I Am: Detective Lang’s partner

Yeah, I Said It: “The whole family was murdered execution style. At very close range. Standing up.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

NameCop 1

Who I Am: NYPD

Yeah, I Said It: "She is a whore, Joey, and you should be glad she left you.  Cause she was two-timing you with all of us."

 

 

 

 

 

 

NameCop 2

Who I Am: NYPD

Yeah, I Said It: "Fuckin fake whores!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

NameCop 3

Who I Am: NYPD

Yeah, I Said It: "That goddamn mouse is fucking me up the ass. Awe, but I love those kids."

 

 

 

 

 

 

NameMedical Examiner

Who I Am: A key link to putting the puzzle pieces together

Yeah, I Said It: "We found three substances that when combined could lead to strange suicidal behavior."

 

 

 

 

 

 

NameNewscaster

Who I Am: Reporting live from the scene...

Yeah, I Said It: "Look at them all. They’re all just dancing!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

NameStudent

Who I Am: The future

Yeah, I Said It: "What is Moretti thinking? He’s not talking about what’s important. He’s got a sitting Governor in Moskowitz that’s governed over the worst economic crisis in decades and Moretti is attacking him for being soft on terror?"

 

 

 

 

 

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