This event is in the past.It took place on February 28, 2026 at Pigott Theater.


A respectable homeowner keeps inviting arsonists to dinner while his neighborhood burns. Max Frisch's dark comedy uses slapstick and satire to skewer how good people look away from danger.
Dark comedy
Physical theater
Stanford theater
Satirical drama
Tips
ðŸŽ"morality play without a moral" (Stanford TAPS)
🔥originally a 1953 radio play
The Arsonists
Stanford


A respectable homeowner keeps inviting arsonists to dinner while his neighborhood burns. Max Frisch's dark comedy uses slapstick and satire to skewer how good people look away from danger.
Dark comedy
Physical theater
Stanford theater
Satirical drama
Tips
ðŸŽ"morality play without a moral" (Stanford TAPS)
🔥originally a 1953 radio play
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