The Record

THE RECORD is a searing one-act tribunal drama that places Truman Capote face-to-face with the people whose lives shaped—and were consumed by—his most famous work.
Set in a room that behaves like a courtroom without ever naming itself, the play unfolds as a moral reckoning rather than a biography. Capote is confronted by Perry Smith, Dick Hickock, and Babe Paley, each demanding accountability for intimacy turned into material, truth shaped by hierarchy, and loyalty sacrificed for art.
As the dialogue deepens, the play moves from artistic hunger to ethical consequence, forcing the audience to confront uncomfortable questions:
What does a writer owe the people who give him their lives?
Where does observation end and exploitation begin?
And is telling the truth enough?
Written with spare staging, charged silences, and razor-sharp dialogue, THE RECORD refuses easy verdicts. The audience is left to decide whether Capote is accepted, abandoned, or simply exposed.
A powerful, actor-driven work in the tradition of Judgment at Nuremberg, THE RECORD is ideal for intimate theaters, academic settings, and productions that value moral complexity over comfort.

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