Photos by Teresa Castracane

hang

written by debbie tucker green

Directed by Deidra LaWan Starnes

March 13-30, 2025

One crime. One room. Three people. A woman’s unspeakable decision as the criminal’s fate hangs in the balance. Set in a haunting world where every word is a revelation and every silence speaks volumes, this electrifying production will take you on a journey through the complexities of justice and human nature. This 2015 hit from London’s Royal Court is provocative, touching, and darkly humorous.

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Meet the Cast

  • LOLITA MARIE (Three)

    Lolita Marie - Three-time Helen Hayes award recipient and 2025 Supporting Actor nominee is honored and excited to return to 1st Stage Theatre. Prior credits include Well and Doubt, and The Royale (in Rep with Olney Theatre). Other DMV area credits include Tempestuous Elements (Arena Stage); Brothers Paranormal and The Joy That Carries You (Olney Theatre);  Sweat, The Outsider, N - A Play, God of Carnage, and American Daughter (Keegan Theatre); Hurricane Diane (Avant Bard); This Girl Laughs…, Flood City, For Colored Girls…, and Brownsville Song (Theater Alliance); The Adventures of Pericles (Chesapeake Shakespeare Company); Native Son (Mosaic Theater): The Skin of Our Teeth and Blood Wedding (Constellation Theatre); The Secrets of the Universe and Leto Legend (Hub Theatre). Independent film and television credits include Too Saved and Nocturnal Agony (Nubia Filmworks), and Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (Investigation Discovery).

  • PATRICK JOY (Two)

    Patrick Joy (he/him) is delighted to be back at 1st Stage, where he was last seen as Ned in The Nance (Helen Hayes Nomination – Outstanding Supporting Performer) and Dylan Klebold in columbinus (Helen Hayes Nomination – Outstanding Lead Performer). Previous stage credits include Clitandre in A Misanthrope (WSC Avant Bard); Hal in Proof (Peter’s Alley); John in In the Closet (Rainbow Theatre Project); Orestes in Electra (4615 Theatre Company); Trent Conway in Six Degrees of Separation, Jason in Rabbit Hole (Keegan Theatre); and more. PatrickJoyActor.com

  • ELLIS GREER (One)

    Ellis Greer (One) NATIONAL TOURS: Seven, “Lucy Loves Desi” (L.A. Theatre Works); REGIONAL THEATRE: The Overview Effect (Contemporary American Theatre Festival); Native Son (Center Theatre Group); Three Days in the Country, Native Son, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Antaeus Theatre Company); Desdemona, A play about a Handkerchief (Opera House Arts); The Matchmaker (Actor’s Co-op); The Many Women of Troy (Pallas Theatre Collective); The Diary of Anne Frank (Oklahoma Children’s Theatre). AUDIO THEATRE: A Weekend with Picasso, The Thanksgiving Play, Die Mommie Die, The Goodbye Girl, Jefferson’s Garden (L.A. Theatre Works); “The Zip Code Plays” (Antaeus Theatre Company).  WORKSHOPS & STAGED READINGS: CATF, Pasadena Playhouse, New Jersey Repertory Company, Independent Shakespeare Co. and others; EDUCATION: BFA Acting, University of Southern California.  Ellis is a DC-based actor.