A Fargo-esque Comedy Thriller in 2 Acts
What happens after the perfect crime?
In a run-down room at the Bluebird Motor Inn, three unlikely accomplices—Martie, Jack, and Ham—await their ringleader after a chaotic bank heist that may or may not have gone according to plan.
Tensions mount as old loyalties fracture, unspoken love triangles erupt, and their carefully choreographed crime spirals into improvised chaos. When Henry, the heist’s aging mastermind, finally arrives hours late—with a bruised and terrified hostage named Bridget—paranoia explodes. Add to the mix a sleazy associate, a cranky motel manager, and some wildly unreliable cellphones, and the group teeters between existential unraveling and absurd disaster.
As the night unfolds, what began as a calculated act of revenge becomes a sharp and hilarious meditation on betrayal, desperation, and the universal laws of karma.
Cast of 7 (2W, 5M)
Unit Set
There was a plan . . .
“A rollicking romp about law breaking and personal boundaries, Random Theft and Other Acts is a Fargo-esque comedy that follows three unemployed and over-educated suburbanites as they face the perfect storm of a real estate disaster and economic crisis.”
-Theatre in Chicago
The plan was simple—until karma, chaos, and an unexpected hostage turned their amateur robbery into a surreal night of reckoning.