The Execution of Mrs. Cotton
About the show
Theater 4the People and spit&vigor presents a new play with music about the life and times of Elva Zona Heaster Cotton, a serial killer in the post-Civil War South. More…
Cotton preys, as all serial killers do, on victims who are most vulnerable to her: her husband and children. By taking a sympathetic look at the art of murder, this play explores the value of women’s work, their art, and their voices, and examines how several working-class men become vulnerable to a female serial killer while the world around them rapidly industrializes. Loosely based on a 'willful misunderstanding' of the historical context outlined in 'Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Serial Killer' by David Wilson,
See it if you wants to see an intense play with conflicting characters and great acting
Don't see it if you don't like to see limited staging which made the characters crowded. The story is a little confusing to absorb
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