The Theatre Group at SBCC will conclude its 2024-25 season with the new comedy “Crime and Punishment,” a comedy by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen, based (very loosely) on “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Actors Raina Williams, Benjamin Curtis, Rachel Jordan Brown, and Tyler Gilbert clink their mugs in a toast in a scene from 'Crime and Punishment.' (Ben Crop photo)
Actors Raina Williams, Benjamin Curtis, Rachel Jordan Brown, and Tyler Gilbert perform in ‘Crime and Punishment’ at SBCC. (Ben Crop photo)

The new “Crime and Punishment,” directed by Michael Bernard, will play April 16-May 3 in the Jurkowitz Theatre.

Dostoevsky’s turn-of-the-century masterpiece is reimagined as a 90-minute romp of a morality tale, performed by actors who play more than 50 zany characters, riffing on the famous novel — and all of Russian literature.

The comic team of Greenberg and Rosen transform the classic story of impoverished student Raskolnikov, who becomes a murderer in order to save his family, into a fast-paced hilarious, surprisingly touching whirlwind of a play.

“Crime and Punishment,” the comedy, features Rachel Jordan Brown, Benjamin Curtis, Tyler Gilbert, Sasha Gray, Nicholis Sheley, Matthew Tavianini, Raina Williams, and Dreamer Rae Wilson.

Performances are 7:30 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, April 16-May 3; 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27; 2 p.m. Saturdays, April 19, 26 and May 3; and previews, 7:30 p.m. April 16-17 in the Jurkowitz Theatre on SBCC’s West Campus.

Due to the theater’s intimate nature, no late seating is permitted.

Ticket prices are: Previews: $20 general, $17 seniors and SBCC staff, $10 students. Wednesday and Thursday evenings, Saturday and Sunday matinees: $27 general, $22 seniors and SBCC staff, $16 students. Friday and Saturday evenings $29 general, $24 seniors and SBCC staff, $19 students.

Buy tickets online at www.theatregroupsbcc.com, or at the Box Office, 805-965-5935.