Billy Hell

By Steven Cole Hughes.

Rating: R (for language and adult themes)

Written by Denver playwright and author of 2005’s hit Slabtown, this western tale follows gunslinger Silly Billy and his beloved whore (sorry…ex-whore) Messy Bessy as they high-tail it for Old Mexico to escape the law. Pursued by a one-eyed bounty hunter and his sidekick through a fantastical dessert, Billy and Bessy meet an old-west Vaudevillian, a pair of French can-can dancers, and a mysterious Mexican guitar player. This surreal look at the Old West is a mythic journey that combines music, dark humor, and the ultimate theological showdown.