Villagers Theatre presents "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot"

Published by New Jersey Stage
originally published: 10/27/2026

(SOMERSET, NJ) -- Villagers Theatre presents The Last Days of Judas Iscariot in The Andrew Russoniello Black Box weekends from November 13-21, 2026. Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell, the play reexamines the plight and fate of the New Testament’s most infamous and unexplained sinner.

The play tells the story of a court case over the ultimate fate of Judas Iscariot. The play uses flashbacks to an imagined childhood and lawyers who call for the testimonies of a litany of famous witnesses. Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot reexamines the plight and fate of the New Testament’s most infamous and unexplained sinner.

Performances take place Friday, November 13 at 7:30pm; Saturday, November 14 at 7:30pm; Sunday, November 15 at 2:00pm; Thursday, November 19 at 7:30pm; Friday, November 20 at 7:30pm; and Saturday, November 21 at 7:30pm. Tickets are available for purchase online. The theater is located at 515 DeMott Lane in Somerset, New Jersey.

Suggested Age Range: 16+ for mature content. Content Warning: Severe adult language and profanity throughout; discriminatory language; discussions of explicit content, assault, death, and substance abuse. Run Time: 2 hours, including intermission.

The play was written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and premiered off-Broadway with LAByrinth Theater Company and The Public Theater on March 2, 2005. Directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, the production featured Eric Bogosian, Liza Colon-Zayas and Sam Rockwell. The play later made its London/European premiere at the Almeida Theatre on March 28, 2008.

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Villagers' cast includes Aayu Goswami (Bailiff, Simon Zealot), Alicia Rodriguez (Henrietta Iscariot), Austin Bourque (Yusef El Fayoumy), Bob Beathard (Jesus of Nazareth), Christopher Ferris-Wolfe (Saint Thomas), Deke Stoklosa (Judas Iscariot), Doug McLaughlin (Pontius Pilate), Jared Cárdenas (Sigmund Freud), Joe Rodriguez (Saint Matthew), John Orfan (Matthias of Galilee, Saint Peter), John Paul Durazzo (Judge), Joseph O'Kane (Butch Honeywell), Julia Ferris (Fabiana Cunningham), Kelly Cibrian (Mother Teresa), Lauryn Arroyo (Gloria), Lewis Decker (Caiaphas the Elder), Sarah Stirling (Loretta, Mary Magdalene, Sister Glenna), TJ McNeill (Satan), and Zulika Shanaz (Saint Monica).

The Production Team includes: Thomas McNeill - Director; Janine Grigonis - Stage Manager; Rosey Arriaga - Assistant Stage Manager; Rob Coste - Scenic Designer; Ian Clark - Lighting Designer; and Chris Mallari - Sound Designer.

Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis is a longtime member of NYC’s LAByrinth Theater Company. His plays have been produced on five continents and throughout the United States. They include: the extended, sold-out run of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Our Lady of 121st Street (named one of the 10 best plays of 2003; Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Best Play Nominations), Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (Edinburgh Fringe First Award, Olivier Nomination as London’s Best New Play, Barrymore Award, Detroit Free Press’ Best Play Award) and In Arabia We’d All Be Kings (Ten Best of ’99 for TimeOut New York, Critics’ Pick! TimeOut London).

All four plays were originally produced by LAByrinth, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman and are published through Dramatists Play Service and by Faber & Faber. Stephen was awarded a TCG fellowship in 2004, attended the 2004 Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab, was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmaker Magazine, and appeared in Entertainment Weekly’s 2005 Summer Must List. He has received new play commissions from Manhattan Theater Club and South Coast Rep, is a member of New Dramatists and the MCC Playwright’s Coalition, and has contributed to ESOPUS magazine.

Television writing credits include NYPD Blue, The Sopranos, David Milch’s CBS drama Big Apple, and Shane Salerno’s NBC drama UC: Undercover. As an actor, he has appeared in Brett C. Leonard’s Guinea Pig Solo, produced at the Public Theatre in New York, and played leading roles in Todd Solondz’s Palindromes and Brett C. Leonard’s award-winning Jailbait opposite Michael Pitt. Currently, he is developing a project with Mos Def and HBO and is writing his first feature film for Scott Rudin Productions, to be directed by George C. Wolfe. He lives in New York City.