The Riot Group, Pugilist specialist

San Francisco-based The Riot Group won every major award at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival with this timely premiere dissecting the American military's hunt for evil in foreign lands. "Pugilist Specialist introduces four highly trained American marines who are assigned the task of eliminating a troublesome Middle Eastern leader. The play enfolds in a series of field recordings detailing the planning, execution and mishandling of a modern political assassination.