10/25/12

Absurdist Play 'The Bald Soprano' To Be Performed At SLU

CANTON - The absurdist classic The Bald Soprano, by Eugene Ionesco, will be performed at St. Lawrence University Wednesday through Saturday, November 7 through 10, at 8 p.m. each evening in the Edson R. Miles Black Box Theatre, Griffiths Arts Center. Admission is free, but tickets are required. They will be available at the Gulick Theatre box office, Monday through Friday, beginning November 5, from 1 to 5 p.m.

The production is directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Performance and Communication Arts Christopher Clarke.

Often called the father of the "Theater of the Absurd," Ionesco wrote groundbreaking plays that are simultaneously hilarious, tragic and profound. In The Bald Soprano, his first play, Ionesco throws together a cast of characters including the quintessential British middle-class family the Smiths, their guests the Martins, their maid Mary and a fire chief determined to extinguish all fires. The one-act play is an archetypical absurdist tale and Ionesco displays his take on the problems inherent in modern communication.