The Bald Soprano: A Christmas Anti-Play
City Garage
( 11/02/2012 - 12/23/2012 )
Running Time: 65 minutes
Back by popular demand is City Garage’s acclaimed 2007 production of Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano as a Christmas anti-play! In a new translation/adaptation by Artistic Director Frédérique Michel and Producing Director Charles Duncombe, this mad, absurdist classic is the perfect escape from the banalities of ordinary holiday fare. The piece will run in repertory with City Garage’s current world premiere of Charles L. Mee’s Orestes 3.0: Inferno at the company’s new home at Bergamot Station Arts Center. Dazzling in its linguistic acrobatics, the play is a comic masterpiece of joyful, irrational anti-logic and a looney parody of the stolid, thick-witted world of middleclass propriety. In an escalating battle of banalities, polite conversation turns to confusion, then mayhem, and finally explodes into cheerful, liberating chaos.
Tickets
This production closed on 12/23/2012
Schedule
Thursdays, Fridays 8:30pm
Venue Information
City Garage at Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave., Building T1, Santa Monica, CA 90404 (map)
Box Office 310 - 4539939
Free parking on site
Directors / Designers
Charles Duncombe Producer
Frederique Michel Director
Charles Duncombe Scenic Designer
Josephine Poinsot Costume Designer
Josephine Poinsot Lighting Designer
Paul Rubenstein Hair/Makeup Designer
Paul Rubenstein Prop Designer
Jerry Charlson Press Agent
Cast
Jeff Atik Mr. Smith
David E. Frank Mrs. Smith
Mitchell Colley The Fire Chief
Lena Kay Marie
Cynthia Mance Mrs. Martin
Bo Roberts Mr. Martin
Kenneth Rudnicki The Fire Chief
Please pick up your half-price tickets at the box office no later than 15 minutes before curtain.
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Reviews
Backstage (read review)“Stunningly skewed …a real treat…one of those holiday gatherings you won’t want to miss.” Critic’s S - Jennie Webb
LA Weekly (read review)Pick of the Week!" - Lovell Estell
LA Weekly (read review)"Skillfully blending impertinence and camp....serve[d} up with impeccable comedic skill." - Lovell Estell