“A liberal must have written the play,” was what I overheard from someone seated behind me at the 11/25/2011 performance of “Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them” at the Firehouse Theatre Project.

My eyes and ears and sensibilities were firmly attached to Bill Patton’s character – a right-wing, weapons-collecting, torture-inflicting caricature of extremism. His was a tour de force performance in this over-the-top crazy comedic play that featured a range of tour de forces including the tortured removal of some fingers and an ear.

“Not for everyone” is the phrase that often accompanies my thoughts about the Firehouse’s bold selections, and that’s precisely why J.C. and I have been audience mainstays since the theatre’s beginnings: we’re never disappointed in the Theatre’s unabashed willingness to present theatre that you’d likely not find elsewhere in the region