"Mad Men" creator debuts new John Wilkes Booth play in Baltimore

• "Booth isn't just a relic. He's a warning," reads a description of the show. "One we still haven't heeded. In this play, past is … prologue."

What they're saying: "We spent too much time paying attention to our heroes and not enough time paying attention to our villains," Weiner — a nine-time Emmy winner who also wrote for "The Sopranos" — told the Post. "We do not want to look at them, but they tell us a lot."

• "[Because] the fact remains that we live in the consequences of what [Booth] did right now in the fact that the Civil War never ended."

State of play: Weiner is known for diving into morally complicated characters, which he does in the darkly comedic show as Booth tells his version of the events of his life and his decision to kill Lincoln.

• Ben Ahlers, of TV shows "The Last of Us" and "The Gilded Age," plays Booth.

The intrigue: Weiner and Booth are both Maryland natives. Weiner was born in Baltimore, and Booth is buried in Baltimore.

If you go: The show runs through June 22 at Baltimore Center Stage. Ticket prices vary.