Hangmen

HANGMEN by Martin McDonagh 
August 7-24, 2025, Carnegie Stage, Carnegie
Pittsburgh Premiere, directed by Andrew Paul & starring Simon Bradbury & David Whalen 

“Brilliantly macabre.”
- Michael Coveney, What’s On Stage

“Martin McDonagh’s rip-roaringly hilarious yet profoundly horrific play about the abolition of capital punishment.”
- The New York Times (Critic’s Pick)

It’s 1965, and the death penalty has just been abolished in the United Kingdom. Naturally all of England wants to know what Harry Wade, the second-best hangman in the country and something of a local celebrity, has to say about it. As the news breaks, Harry’s pub is overrun with locals and reporters looking for a quote, until a visitor arrives with a darker and more mysterious agenda. Martin McDonagh’s rollicking comedy about capital punishment is a perfect fit for our unjust times.