The Chairs — Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, Walnut 5
Eugène Ionesco is categorized as an absurdist. The dialogue in his plays often reads as non-sequitur. His characters can rampage, pose, cower, or make declarations at unexpected times. Fantastic events … Continue reading
The Government Inspector — Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium at Walnut Studio 5
When I was a child, my first inkling that life was different in the Communist world behind the Iron Curtain did not derive from propaganda but from Eastern European … Continue reading
All in the Timing — Idiopathic Ridculopathy Consortium at L’Etage
Tina Brock and David Stanger’s production of David Ives’s loopy one-acts, “All in the Timing” is an occasion of grand serendipity. “Timing’s’ half-dozen sketches seem handmade for Brock’s Idiopathic Ridiculopathy … Continue reading
Exit the King — Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium at Walnut 3
Mortality motivates me. The way death affects life interests me so much, I attend, when possible, a monthly group discussion called The Death Café in Center City Philadelphia. It’s not … Continue reading
Misalliance — Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium at Walnut 5
Among the many human traits George Bernard Shaw figured out and wrote about is the people most likely to be strangers to each other are parents and their children. In … Continue reading
Rhinoceros — Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium at the Adrienne
A thunderous noise and a cloud of dust causes café lingerers and passersby to stop what they are doing and gape at a rhinoceros charging down the main road of … Continue reading
Ondine — Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium at Walnut 5
Seeing a rare piece, one you never expected to see, is treat enough, but the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium (IRC)’s production of Jean Giraudoux’s “Ondine” goes beyond a treat to become … Continue reading
