By August Strindberg

A new version by David Grieg

Directed by Sandy Shinner

 

 

Before The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, before Ingmar Bergman, before even the phrase “Swedish noir,” came Creditors, a sexy, twisting tale of psychological manipulation and revenge. Not that Strindberg saw it that way – he told his publisher the play was “humorous, loveable, all of its characters sympathetic.”

 

Creditors is the spiraling story of a ruthless assault on a successful young writer and her young new husband, a step-by-step march into a mental and sexual abyss. And, yes, it’s humorous – humor as bone-chilling as midwinter Sweden. We’re proud to present the Midwest premiere of David Grieg’s witty new adaptation that drew raves in London and New York, guided by one of Chicago’s finest female directors.

 

“gripping, powerful and blackly comic” – The Telegraph on the London production of Creditors