Show Trial

Show TrialBy Laura ZlatosDirected by Tom CostelloOctober 15th-November 8th

Breakneck ProductionsWith support from Mateo King West

One woman stands alone against an oppressive regime. Show Trial turns state propaganda into farce—with choreographed confessions, scripted testimony, and a healthy disregard for reality. Drawn from the real transcripts of the 1950 trial of Milada Horáková, the Czechoslovak dissident accused of treason by a regime that had already written the verdict, it's a political satire about the choices we make when history belongs to the victors.