The Hostage
By Brendan Behan

Take a couple of rollicking Irish jigs, add one rowdy brothel of misfits, mix in some music hall songs, toss in a couple of drag queens and an impending execution and you have a recipe for a raucous and riotous evening with this inaugural production of the PTTP Resident Ensemble Players (REP). Leslie, a young British soldier, is taken hostage and held prisoner as a bargaining chip for the release of an IRA prisoner due to be executed in Belfast the following morning. What follows is a bawdy, poignant, and wacky tale of love, loss, and a good dose of Irish whiskey.