Type
Full-length play
Outline
In the secret police HQ of a fictional central European country, two agents bring in a suspect for questioning. Despite the fact the year is 2025 and the prisoner is a 22-year-old woman, they quickly establish what they had suspected: this is in fact Pope John Paul II.
What follows is a rollercoaster ride of an interrogation, where the pope is put on the back foot until she can turn the tables on the police agents. But in a room where no one seems to be who they actually are, who even are you?
Juried into the digital stream of the Rogue Theater Festival NYC 2025, you can watch Mazzolatura {FTP} online from August 4th-10th. Tickets available now!
NOTE:
Content notes for: Discussion of child abuse, sexual assault and abuse, femicide, murder, murder of indigenous people, torture, genital mutilation, homophobia, transphobia, execution by forms cruel and unusual, child abduction, anti-Semitism, slavery, and other any activities of the
Catholic Church/the police. Oh, and swearing.
Date
August 4th – 10th, 2025
The Persuasion 
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