Update 2:
All shows, including the 2:00 pm afternoon shows, have sold out thus far. Please email blackstripetheater@yahoo.com to make a reservation and secure a seat!
Update 1:
The Friday night (7:30pm) and Saturday night (7:30pm) shows are SOLD OUT!
Some seats are still available for the Saturday and Sunday afternoon shows (2:00pm) and the Sunday evening performance (6:30pm).
David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross will be directed, produced and performed by Black Stripe Theater (at Theatre Iwato) in February 2008! 
Glengarry Glen Ross Cast: (l to r) Andrew Woolner (Lingk), Christopher Pellegrini (Williamson), Ryan Drees (Moss), Walter Roberts (Levene), Justin Berti (Roma), Noel Adams (Aaronow), and Mishal Samman (Baylen).
Directed by Chris Parham.
Synopsis:
The play is in two acts, the first consisting of three scenes which take place in a Chinese restaurant, and the second containing one scene in a real estate office.
In the opening scene Shelly Levene, a salesman past his prime though unwilling to admit it, tries to convince John Williamson, his young and newly-employed real estate manager, to give him the ‘premium’ leads – details of prospective clients. He, like three other salesmen, is involved in a sales contest organized by his harsh bosses Mitch and Murray in which the top man receives a Cadillac, the second man wins a set of steak knives, and the bottom two lose their jobs. This scene reveals the cut-throat nature of the business world and the lengths that salesman are prepared to go to attain success.
In the second scene Dave Moss, a seasoned and particularly insensitive salesman tries to coerce his desperate colleague George Aaronow into stealing the leads from their office. The scene illustrates how words are used as a tool to manipulate: Moss insidiously schemes a plan, and by just ‘talking’ to his partner he manages to implicate him in the crime.
In the third scene, number one salesman Ricky Roma ruminates on the meaning of life in his dialogue with lone drinker James Lingk. Again, the scene reveals the manipulative power of language and how deceptive confidentiality can be used to trick the innocent into parting with their money.
Act two is set on the morning after the robbery. Baylen, a detective, is called into the office to investigate the robbery. From the offset it is quite apparent that almost everyone is distressed: Williamson desperately tries to control the after-effects of the crime before his seniors turn up; Roma urgently seeks assurance that the ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ contract that his client Lingk signed is safe; Aaronow worries about whether the lost contracts were insured as well as his own future as a salesman; Moss marvels in anger at the terrible situation they are all in and rebukes Roma for criticizing his performance; meanwhile, Levene announces that he has sold $82,000 worth of land. Matters become worse when Lingk appears later on to try and nullify his contract. And what ensues is just verbal filth.
Dates: Friday February 22nd to Sunday February 24th.
Location: Theatre Iwato (near Ushigome-kagurazaka station on Oedo line, exit A3; also accessible via Kagurazaka station on Tozai line or Iidabashi station on JR, Tozai, Namboku or Yurakucho lines)
Tickets: 3,000 yen general; 2,500 yen seniors/students
Ticket info: please e-mail
blackstripetheater@yahoo.com
or call 090-1768-5122.
Friendly reminder: Theatre Iwato is small, so reserve your tickets now!