A new comedy adventure!
More than 7,000 people get scammed every day in this country, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
But what if one of them decided to fight back and flip the script on the scammers?
That’s the premise of Scammed!, an original comedy/adventure play from TNW Ensemble Theater. When a freelancing editor falls for a sophisticated version of a classic scam, she assumes the rip-roaring, amoral alter ego of Helen Wheels to get even. She gets help along the way from her coffee shop cohort, an unconventional banker named Johnny Angel, and a helpful good citizen – or is he? Scammed! takes audiences behind the scenes in the world of hackers and con artists, showing the similarities between scams and current events.
Scammed! is written by Danielle Dresden, directed by Francisco Torres, and features performances by Megan Mori, Donavon Armbruster, and Patrick Chounet, with cameo appearances by Donna Peckett, Shane Heim, who also serves as stage manager, Francisco Torres, and Danielle Dresden. Graphics by Michael Duffy.
Performances
@ TNW Ensemble Theater, 1957 Winnebago Street, Madison 53704
Thursday, March 13, 7:30 PM
Fridays, March 14 and March 21, 7:30 PM
Saturday, March 22, 2:30 and 7:30 PM
Sundays, March 16 and March 23.
Tickets are $25, plus the booking fee
You can also buy tickets at the door with cash or check only.
Scammed! is made possible, in part, by support from the Madison Arts Commission, with funds from the Wisconsin Arts Board; the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin, and the National Endowment for the Arts; Dane Arts, with additional funds from the Endres Mfg. Company, the Evjue Foundation, charitable arm of the Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation; the Neil Allen Peckett Memorial Fund; and RoseDot