Nebraska, 1958: the world is closing in on Charlie Starkweather and Caril Fugate, teenage lovers charged with committing eleven murders in the course of a week. Under pressure to confess by dawn, facts blur and loyalties shift, and the question remains: how far will you go for someone you love? Based on the true story that inspired the films Badlands and Natural Born Killers, this world-premiere emo rock musical by OBIE Award-winning playwright Kyle Jarrow (...Scientology Pageant and Gorilla Man) explores the intersection of love and desire. With shades of Romeo and Juliet and resonance with of the current dark trend of school violence, it’s a dramatically cutting-edge new musical, filtered through Jarrow’s uniquely iconoclastic style.

Love Kills was commissioned by Boston Theatre Works through The Playground, our new play development program. The playground is funded by a generous contribution from an anonymous donor. Its development was made possible through a generous grant from the LEF Foundation.