The God of Hell

In this diabolical political comedy Wisconsin farming couple Emma and Frank, here retooled by director Jeffrey Stanley as South Asian immigrants, hide their spark-ejecting friend Haynes, on the lam from a top-secret research lab, in their basement. All goes glowing until Welch, an apparent salesman of patriotic memorabilia, comes snooping. The God of Hell is Sam Shepard’s reaction to the war on terror, an anarchic comedy in the vein of Joe Orton.