God of Carnage took Broadway by storm, taking home the Tony Award for Best Play and earning rave reviews. The New York Times called the play “First class! A four-way prize fight. Catnip for audiences.” And the New York Post described it as “Gleefully nasty fun.”  

God of Carnage is the story of two seemingly courteous and civilized couples who meet after their boys’ fist-fight in a neighborhood schoolyard. Michael and Veronica, whose son’s teeth were knocked out with a stick, invite Alan and Annette, whose son did the knocking, to their home to settle stuff. Civility crumbles. Grown-ups behave badly as these parents argue about who influenced their sons’ misbehavior. Carnage erupts with finger-pointing, name-calling, stomping and carrying on. And then they break out the liquor.

Recommended for mature audiences due to profanity.

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“Fast ... Tight-knit …Hysterical … Expert cast ... Startling and consistently funny”
Read the Houston Chronicle review, “God of Carnage at the Alley”

 “Laughs occur nonstop …sterling cast” -- Houston Press

Listen to Denis Arndt and Bhama Roget discuss God of Carnage on KUHF’s "The Front Row"

Read the Houston Chronicle's "Alley Theatre exploring depths of human motivation"