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JACK, or THE SUBMISSION and                      
THE FUTURE is in EGGS
   by Eugene Ionesco

1997-1998
The Bald Soprano
Woyzcek
Endgame
Action

1999
Edmond
The Danube
Firebugs

Marat/Sade

2000
Curse of the Starving Class

JACK, or
THE SUBMISSION
and
THE FUTURE IS IN EGGS

The Cherry Orchard

2001
Lakeboat
Ajax
The Curious Sofa
Arcadia


2002
Blood Wedding
Rhinoceros
Henry 5

2003
Machinal
Happy Days
Balm in Gilead

                                                                  SUMMER 2000

 

An absurdist study of a wildly dysfunctional family in the Never Never Land of playwright Ionesco’s unfettered imagination. Ionesco’s eccentric Jack family, exaggerated and preposterous, might be called the mother of all dysfams.

    Directed by Sean Graney

Jack...   Steve Wilson
Roberta...   Deb Heinig
Father Jack...   Nick Digilio
Mother Jack...   Monica Payne
Jacqueline...   Jennifer Grace
Grandfather Jack...   Ryan Bollettino
Grandmother Jack...   Christian Ginocchio
Father Robert...   Matthew Humphries
Mother Robert...   Lisa May Simpson

 

§  "In the hands of a sensitive director, Ionesco's absurd little pieces become witty, moving critiques of contemporary society. Sean Graney is such a director." - Jack Helbig, The Reader

§  "This is garage-rock Ionesco, full-throttle, no pretensions..." - Ben Winters, New City

§   "...Sean Graney's intelligent direction.." - Lucia Mauro, Chicago Sun-Times

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