Set in medieval Prague at the end of the First Crusade (1099 AD), the play follows two weary knights, Berthoud and Baldwin (Golden Garnick and Andrew Munz), who limp home from Jerusalem dragging sacks of “holy relics,” a blind king (Broughton Coburn) facing the end of his life, a fool named Radish (Oakley Boycott), and an alchemist attempting to bottle hope (R.W. Berky).

Part Monty Python, part Samuel Beckett, and entirely original, The Fourth Nail unfolds as a tragicomic fable about belief gone awry, how humans justify their cruelty, sanctify their greed, and mistake their delusions for grace.

A staged reading, written and directed by R.W. Berky. Stage directions will be read by Rachel Stevens.