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Performances: The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco (The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium) (Future Performances)

This week's quote comes from Eugene Ionesco, who wrote: "Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality."

, a play about the people of a village transforming into the aforementioned animals, as a statement against fascism.

Madi Distefano, Director of A 24-Hour The Bald Soprano

us to write two papers on our historical figure of choice. I wasn't cheating the system or anything.)

The idea of a stage is always tempting for Phillyist, so imagine how tempting it must have been for a master of the absurd like Eugene Ionesco, who once said: “I personally would like to bring a tortoise onto the stage, turn it into a racehorse, then into a hat, a song, a dragoon and a fountain of water. One can dare anything in the theatre and it is the place where one dares the least.” Now, on with the listings! (And don’t be dismayed – just because it’s a quiet week doesn’t mean there’s not some great theatre to catch!)