"Rhinoceros"
At TheatreZone in the Park

Playwright Eugene Ionesco attacks the subject of blind conformity with outrageous comedy in "Rhinoceros," being presented by TheatreZone in the Park from July 12-29 (Wednesday through Sundays). All performances are free to the public and will be staged at Mary O'Malley Park in Chelsea (. . . bring a blanket or lawn chair).

This marks the company's fourth annual presentation of free outdoor bilingual theater with performances in English and Spanish. TheatreZone began staging bilingual works in the park in 2003 with "Blood Wedding" and continued with "The House of Bernarda Alba" and last summer's "The Seagull." 

As in past seasons, "Rhinoceros" will be staged environmentally and the audience will move between three locations in the park.  The only difference: this summer the audience will be accompanied by herds of rhinoceroses running along side them.

Considered by many to be one of the greatest plays of the last century, "Rhinoceros" uniquely studies the contemporary tension between individuality and conformity, reason and nature.

Enter Berenger, an alcoholic with a dead-end job and unrequited love, hoping to turn his life around with the help of his close friend Jean. As the two share Sunday brunch at a local outdoor cafe, a rhinoceros runs through the town square. Inconceivably, the townspeople begin to turn into rhinoceroses. Instinctive terror turns into justification as people learn to "move with the times." And the epidemic begins.

Eugene Ionesco, an internationally renowned playwright and absurdist master, profoundly altered the face of modern drama.  He wrote more than 20 plays, including "The Bald Soprano" and "The Chairs," and was elected a member of the French Academy.  He is acknowledged as one of the most important figures in the history of avant garde theatre.

TheatreZone is Chelsea's offbeat alternative producing provocative theatre works and making participation in the arts accessible to the community both as audience and participant through affordable prices, educational programs for youth and adults, and the creation of the Chelsea Theatre Works. 

For information or directions, call 617-887-2336 or visit www.theatrezone.org.

-- OnStage Boston

06/17/06

 
 
 
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