During the ravages of the Black Death, a motley band of village idiots must perform their own Mass after the sudden death of their pastor, transforming disaster into an enchanted, absurd, and profoundly human ritual.

“There were moments of irreverent buffoonery and moments of divine grace, moments of hope and moments of heartbreaking despair. And in spite of a very palpable sense that I had been transported to another place and time, I was struck to the core by their aching struggle and enlivened persistence. For as those of us in the modern world also grope for our way in the dark without guidance, we nevertheless find moments of light. Like these fools all we have is each other and the will to continue making it up as we go along.”
Julia Hochner, New York Theater Review

“Dzieci’s remarkable holiday offering, an annual event since 1998, celebrates the sacred, the profane, the miracle of life and the enigma of death, all with enchanted choral singing, riotous comic buffoonery, and extraordinary dramatic invention. Set during the plague years of the 14th century, where a motley group of village idiots are forced to enact their own Mass due to the untimely death of their beloved pastor, Fools Mass has become all the more relevant for our own ravaged times.” -Dzieci Theatre