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Calvin Theatre Company Lab Series: An Evening with Ionesco
- Fri, Feb 05, 2027
- 7:30 pm–9:00 pm
Lab Theatre, Spoelhof University Center
A Calvin Theatre Company Lab Series Production
Directed by John Scritchfield, Creative Director and Visiting Lecturer of Theatre
This production features his classic one acts The Bald Soprano and The Lesson, in an exciting new translation by Pulitzer Prize finalist Tina Howe, noted heir of Ionesco's absurdist vision, acclaimed by Frank Rich as "one of the smartest playwrights we have."
In The Bald Soprano, 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 — including their hearths. The Lesson illustrates Ionesco's comic genius, where insanity and farce collide as a professor becomes increasingly frustrated with his hapless student, and the student with his mad teacher. In these archetypical absurdist tales Ionesco displays his profound take on the problems inherent in modern communication.
THE BALD SOPRANO and THE LESSON (TRANS. HOWE) are presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on Behalf of Samuel French, Inc. (www.concordtheatricals.com)