Capital Crime!

CAPITAL CRIME! is set in New York in the Gilded Age, the time of highest levels of income inequality in this country... until now. This is a tale of lust, murder, greed, unfettered capitalism, and the consumption of young girls.

A play with songs, in Brecht-meets-Riot Grrrl fashion.
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Capital Crime!

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  • Danielle Ozymandias:
    17 Jul. 2019
    I’m enraptured. The imagery, the language, I can see this spilling out on stage like a suitcase of memories strewn across the floor. It’s utterly gorgeous.
  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center:
    1 May. 2017
    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Carson Kreitzer and their play Capital Crime! as a finalist for our 2017 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 55 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers praised the play’s bold theatricality and were struck by the stunning language and imagery.

Development History

  • Workshop
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    The Guthrie Theater
  • Workshop
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    The Playwrights' Center

Awards

Winner
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Festival of New American Plays
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Austin Playhouse
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2017
Finalist
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National Playwrights' Conference
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Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
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2017
Finalist
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Bay Area Playwrights Festival
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Playwrights Foundation
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2017