Qaddafi’s Cook

Most recently performed in the 2023 San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF), London’s Latin American Theatre Festival in the West End’s Actors Centre, and at The District Theatre in Indianapolis, the 55-minute drama follows two young Mexican chefs caught in the tailspin of Libyan dictator, Muammar Qaddafi, the world’s bloodiest foodie and suspected designer of the Lockerbie crash. MORE Have they hit the culinary big time or blundered into high stakes espionage?  Inspired by true events, the play had its world premiere at the famous Hotel California in Todos Santos, Baja California where Qaddafi’s Cook co-authors first met. Hotelier Carlos Ambrosi recounted his experiences as a diplomatic chef to seasoned playwright Lance S. Belville and together they decided to tell this story of “cooking for the devil.” Staged live at the San Diego, Hollywood, and New York City Fringe Festivals in 2016. A video version played pandemic years digital-fests in Orlando, Minneapolis, and Kansas City.