The Mercy Seat Opens Friday with Our ASL Interpreted Performance

The Mercy Seat

An Elliott Studio Series Production

September 11-13 and 18-19, 2026
Directed by Kerry Covington
Written by Neil LaBute
Uptown Theatre at the First Street Community Center

Featuring Matthew James & Braden JP Rood

ASL interpreted performance on Friday, September 11 at 7:30 PM

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What would you do if the world thought you were gone?

The world has changed overnight. An endlessly ringing mobile phone haunts Ben and Abby as they explore the choices now available to them in an existence different from the one they knew just the day before.

The Mercy Seat continues Neil LaBute’s unflinching fascination with the often-brutal realities of the war between the sexes. In a time of national tragedy, the world changes overnight. A man and a woman explore the choices now available to them in an existence different from the one they had lived just the day before. Can one be opportunistic in a time of universal selflessness?

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