Seven Assassins Walk into a Bar
Written and Directed by Dain Geist, Main Street Theatre, 2025
Seven Assassins Walk into a Bar is a morality play - a dark comedy about a group of hitmen (and women) who gather to commiserate the passing of a colleague. As they swap stories and share complaints, each character brings with them their own moral compass and their own reasons for pursuing such a bloody profession. And as the night draws on, those reasons quickly come into conflict and create a fun, dramatic, and thought-provoking night of theatre.
“Dain Geist has an ear for dialogue and a knack for characters. The cast is amazing, and they are having a blast blowing each other up with their weaponized words. This is all just way too enjoyable not to be a huge hit! I look forward to seeing what Dain does next, and I cheer on Main Street Theater for letting a Houston guy direct his first script.”
“Yet, as what I think is Mr. Geist’s first full-length play, ‘Seven Assassins’ creates a thirst to see him write and stage more. If this play is a predictor, he has the talent to make audiences run up a hefty tab at his tap.”
“When a play is essentially six people in a room having a conversation, sometimes, the characters can blend, and they lack a unique voice. It becomes difficult to distinguish between what each believes and how they stand out as individuals. However, Geist, as both writer and director, shines at making each character a distinct person.”