The Motherfucker With the Hat

About

The Motherfucker With the Hat (sometimes censored as The Motherf**ker With the Hat) is a play in the comedy of errors tradition written by American playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis. The play's narrative follows a former drug dealer who comes home to find a mysterious hat on his girlfriend's couch, immediately prompting him to accuse her of cheating. What follows is a series of misunderstandings that draw in the protagonist's parole counselor and his wife, creating a show that's described as "a high-octane verbal cage match about love, fidelity and misplaced haberdashery." Since premiering on Broadway, reviews for The Motherfucker With the Hat have been mostly positive, but advertising for the show has been difficult due to the play's consciously offensive title. However, the play is pulling through with numerous award nominations for the year, luring those who have a tendency to judge a book by its cover to stop and take a second look.