G. David Schine in Hell
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G. David Schine in Hell is a one-act play written by Tony Kushner. It was first published in the New York Times Magazine in 1996 under the title "A Backstage Pass to Hell".[1] It was published as a part of the Kushner anthology Death and Taxes: Hydriotaphia and Other Plays in 2000 by the Theatre Communications Group.[2]Kushner, Tony (1998). A Backstage Pass to Hell. Theatre Communications Group. p. 360. ISBN 9781559366403. Retrieved November 20, 2025.
The play centers on G. David Schine, who arrives in Hell, described as resembling a "dinner theater in Orange County California",[2] and is re-united with Roy Cohn, Richard Nixon, Whittaker Chambers, and J. Edgar Hoover. Many of the characters are dressed in drag—Hoover, for example, is wearing a "black Chanel dress, hose and stiletto pumps"—and Nixon bemoans the "gender confusion" rampant in hell.[2]
