The Shoplifters @ 1812 Productions

The Shoplifters Written by Morris Panych

Starring: Mary Martello, Johnnie Hobbs, Jr., Marla Burkholder, Daniel Fredrick

Directed by Jennifer Childs

Original Music and Sound Design by Michael Hahn

August 27 - September 20, 2015

Philadelphia, PA — 1812 Productions is pleased to begin its 2015 - 2016 season with Morris Panych’s newest comedy, The Shoplifters.

Alma and Otto are a pair of senior citizens who are on opposing sides of an American corporate juggernaut. While Alma games the system, Otto is stuck directly under its heel. Their world is a back office in a grocery store where Alma’s sticky fingers have finally taken a bigger haul than she can afford. On the fast-track to retirement, Otto is the only security guard with the smarts to bring down this grand dame of the five finger discount — but time is not on either of their sides. In a whirlwind of sharp dialogue and hilarious zingers, these two

everyday firebrands face off over the rules of the for-profit world in which we live.