Head

Alley New Works presents the world premiere of HEAD, a timely and affecting play about the consequences of a beheading in modern day Iraq. Stoddard has been working on the play for more than six years after he was inspired by a National Public Radio story about honor killings in Iraq. It has evolved into a story of two men–an Iraqi and the beheaded American contractor who haunts him. With the aid of a self-help group in the afterlife (including such famous behead-ees as Marie Antoinette, Goliath, and Mary Queen of Scots), Tommy, the headless American, is on a quest to reunite with his body, and Ahmed, the Iraqi who filmed his beheading, is the key to this reunion. It’s a riveting journey with dark comedy and drama exploring the clashes of worlds–both cultural and spiritual.