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For Crying Out Loud! Revenge of the Raw Onion
The ranting and raving community voices from the opinion column of "The Onion, America's Finest News Source" come to life once again Sunday, March 25, 2012 when fifteen Philadelphia actors take the stage at L'Etage Cabaret. "For Crying Out Loud! Revenge of the Raw Onion" will have performances at 6:00 pm, 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm.
The 60-minute show is a gathering of Philadelphia's liveliest actors bringing to life our favorite opinion columns from "The Onion," the weekly satirical newspaper known for its outrageous and absurd humor.
Proceeds from "For Crying Out Loud! Revenge of the Raw Onion" will benefit The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium's 2012 season, featuring popular Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz's "Ivona: Princess of Burgundia," as part of the Philadelphia Live Arts and Fringe Festival at Walnut Street Theater Studio 5, running August 31 September 16, 2012,
"Ivona: Princess of Burgundia" (1938), tells the magical story of a pompous Royal Court where everyone is consumed by his or her own importance. The arrival of the less-than-stunning Princess Ivona drives the court to calamity and the town into chaos as they ineffectually struggle with their biases to absurd and tragic consequences.
Gombrowicz and his works were virtually unknown until 1957 -- when the Communist regime in Poland briefly lifted its ban on his work (in place since the Nazi invasion of 1939) and his controversial novel "Ferdydurke" was reissued. It was interpreted as an insightful premonition of totalitarianism and became an overnight success. Other publications followed, as did stage performances of his plays -- which were compared to Beckett and Ionesco. A new ban in 1958 removed his work from Polish shelves, but not before they gained notice in the west. Though his works have been translated into 30 languages, Gombrowicz remains largely unknown outside of Europe. He won the prestigious International Prize for Literature in 1967 for Cosmos (his novel "Pornografia" previously missed the prize in 1960 by one vote) and was a candidate for the Nobel Prize in 1968.
2012 marks the IRC's sixth season presenting and preserving difficult and rarely produced absurdist works from authors around the globe. In 2011, The IRC presented critically acclaimed productions of French playwright Boris Vian's "The Empire Builders" and Swiss dramatist Max Frisch's "The Arsonists." The Broad Street Review wrote of "The Empire Builders," "deep and philosophically dazzling this intense and creepy production is tremendously entertaining." Online publication Stage Magazine wrote of "The Arsonists," "the IRC set the Fringe on fire with 'The Arsonists.'"
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LocationL'Etage Cabaret (View)
624 South 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
United States
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| Minimum Age: 18 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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