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The Living Dead by Bob Bartlett

The radically reimagined survival story of Ben and “they’re coming to get you” Barbra, inspired by the horror classic Night of the Living Dead and the zombie apocalypse that has excited generations of horror fans for almost 60 years. The play responds to Romero’s subversive social and political portrait of turbulent late-1960s America. 

 

October 8 - November 8, 2026

7:30 PM (Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays)
2:30 PM (Saturdays and Sundays)


85 minutes

TIX: $40 (including EventBrite fees)

featuring Bru Aju and Camille Pivetta

directed by Marvin Brown

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A PLAY IN AN EMPTY STOREFRONT?! 

- only eighteen performances

- limited seating in cushioned chairs

- steps from the the Friendship Heights Metro Station escalators and parking garage

- plenty of local bars and restaurants

- 85 minutes with no intermission

- no onsite ticket sales (only advanced ticket sales)

- no late seating

- content is not likely not appropriate for children

Because of the uniqueness of the venue/performance space, the production seats only fifty guests per performance.

bobbartlettjr at gmail for more info

THE LIVING DEAD digital program (coming soon!)

press release and press photos (coming soon!)

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WHERE?

The Shops at Chevy Chase Pavilion

5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20015

Bru Aju as Ben and Camille Pivetta as Barbra

© 2026 Bob Bartlett

 

cover photo: Juliana Caycedo as Sage in Bob Bartlett's LOVE AND VINYL, Cadence Theatre (Allyse Pulliam Photography) © Richmond Times-Dispatch

“Affecting and inventive” - The Washington Post

“Dripping with sexual tension” - Huffington Post

“Gritty, poetic and opaque” - The Baltimore Sun

“Joyful, funny, and surprising” - Broadway World

"Funny and provacative" - DC Theatre Scene

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