About This Show

Horse Trade Theater Group presents Bon Bock, a
self-titled evening of drugs and drink from the award-winning Bon Bock Productions. The show is made up of three one-act plays:

“Room to Swing an Axe”
Written & Directed by Alex Dawson
A stark account of self-destruction set in five Midtown bars.

“Slight of Hand”
Written by Gareth Smith; Directed by Eric Werner
Five characters grapple with their own failed dreams while bonding over the impending death of the family’s hulking patriarch, a former boxer whose ambition of becoming a heavyweight fighter went unrealized.

“The Fine Dining Acid Test”
Written by Joe Taverney; Directed by Michael Nathanson
A young man meets his girlfriend’s eccentric parents while under the influence of a powerful hallucinogenic.

Show Details

Dates: Opening Night: May 3, 2001 Final Performance: May 27, 2001