Created & performed by Martin Dockery
In a knuckle-biting story of humor, horror, and suspense, a family man robs a thief of a boatload of money. Told autobiographically, 1 Small Lie is an edge-of-your seat, true-crime thriller set to a propulsive soundtrack. Like the love child of Breaking Bad, A Simple Plan, & Fargo, this is a tale of deception, small town greed, and an ever-expanding web of lies!
Upcoming performances of 1 Small Lie include the FRINGE NYC from April 1-19/26.
NEW PLAY!
FIVE STARS: Bravura Storytelling”
Edmonton Journal
“The script contains a brilliant sequence of plot twists and turns worthy of Raymond Chandler… It is good!”
Apt613, Ottawa
“See Dockery at least once!
Winnipeg Free Press MB
Brooklyn-based Martin Dockery is a theater artist who’s played in just about every type of venue, from large theaters to intimate trailer homes to solitary performances broadcast from a front porch. He spends much of the year touring and performing his twelve one-person shows and seven two-person plays to festivals and theaters in Canada, Australia, the UK, and the US. He’s won over 70 festival awards since he started touring in 2009. During the pandemic, he broadcast a brand new show every five weeks about the personal effects of social distancing. Entitled RIGHT NOW, the show lives on both this website and on YouTube. (Search for “Dockery Right Now.”) He’s also played the Mayor of New York City in The SoHo Playhouse’s immersive theater production Tammany Hall. Most recently, he played Renfield in PUSH Physical Theater's touring production of Dracula. He has a BA in English from Kenyon College (where he won the Paul Newman Award for acting) and an MFA in playwriting from Columbia University. He met his wife at a fringe in London, Ontario, and they now have a beautiful, engaging, kind-hearted daughter.