New Hampshire Theatre Project's Senior Youth Repertory Company presents Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco
Date and Time
Sunday May 17, 2015
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
May 15-24 Fridays & Saturdays @ 7 pm, Sundays @ 2 pm
Location
NHTP at West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth, NH
Fees/Admission
$20 General Admission, $16 Students & Seniors
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Contact Information
Reservations & information:603-431-6644 ext. 5,
reservations@nhtheatreproject.org
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Description
New Hampshire Theatre Project’s Youth Repertory Company will present Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist classic, Rhinoceros, on May 15-24. One day, the residents of a small provincial French town begin to experience unsettling brushes with a rampaging rhinoceros. While others find these attacks shocking and problematic, the simplistic, kind-hearted protagonist Berenger is seemingly disinterested. Events begin to take a strange turn as Berenger's friends, co-workers, and his romantic interest become tangled in this web of “rhinocerotic” intrigue and he is forced to choose sides.
Directed by Robin Fowler, Rhinoceros is a play that from its inception has challenged the status quo. One of the major influences of absurdist theatre, Ionesco's play still resonates with its themes of blind conformity, totalitarianism, metamorphosis, love, despair, and death. The illogical comedy of Rhinoceros hits on many touchstones of the human experience, feeling both familiar and incredibly alien at the same time.
Printed courtesy of www.portsmouthcollaborative.org – Contact the The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth for more information.
500 Market St., Portsmouth, NH 03801 – (603) 610-5510 – membership@portsmouthcollaborative.org