Starring Pat McGuinness as prosecutor "Robert Crowe," Albi Gorn as defending lawyer "Clarence Darrow," Tom Ryan as "Nathan Leopold," Mats Alvik as "Richard Loeb," and Bruce Apar, Najah Imani Muhammed, and Youlim Nam as the reporters, doctors, girlfriends, cops and bailiff's in their lives.

Executive Producer - Axial Theatre
Director / Producer -  Cady McClain

Producers - Steven Williford, Amanda Quinn Olivar, and Dan Walworth

Chicago, May 21, 1924. Nathan Leopold Jr., age eighteen, and Robert Loeb, age nineteen, killed fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks. They were quickly apprehended when Leopold’s glasses were found near the corpse. Clarence Darrow defended them, pleading eloquently against capital punishment. Why would wealthy young men murder an innocent boy? What demons lurked behind Loeb’s flashing good looks? Behind Leopold’s saturnine intellect? This exquisite Off-Broadway hit explores the complex relationship between these two who longed to create a private world of fevered intellect and romantic passion. The author suggests that, given twists of fate and character, Leopold or Loeb could be anyone who has loved too much, had a broken heart, wanted to prove everlasting devotion, or looked at a loved one and thought, “I’d die for you…I’d kill for you.” This is a love story set to themes of crime and punishment, the press, the times, humanism, Nietzsche’s philosophy, and the end of the jazz age.

"Remarkable." - The New York Times

"Great theatre. One of the year's best! An excellent and compelling play!" - New York Post

"Riveting." - New York Daily News

"Brilliant, powerful and cinematic!" - Associated Press 

"Sweeps the audience into the boys' friendship without losing sight of the brutal murder. Lays out the furor and the legal maneuvering surrounding this 'Trial of the Century' particularly well, suggesting that nothing much has changed." - The New Yorker

"A taut, compelling psycho sexual waltz." - Newhouse Newspapers

"Electrifying." - WOR Radio

• Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022,  8 PM  (Doors open at 7:15 for General Seating and concessions)

• LOCATION: Bethany Arts Community

  • 40 Somerstown, Ossinging, NY 10562

• RUN TIME:1 hour 40 minutes with one 10 minute intermission

• PARKING: 

  • Parking available at Bethany Arts Community

  • Metro North Train stops at Ossining, Uber or Taxi's can take you the short ride to BAC. Please call ahead to reserve your ride.

• CONCESSIONS: There will be some complimentary light refreshments.

• COVID PROTOCOLSSubject to the CDC, State, Local, and Actors’ Equity guidelines.

  • We will update these protocols closer to show time.

  • As a 501(c) (3) non-profit your ticket is considered a donation toward Axial Theatre. In the event of cancelation due to COVID-19, all tickets will be good toward a future performance.