JUNE 19 - JULY 5
Thurs. - Sat. (8:00p) & Sun. (3:00p)
“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.”
— Eugène Ionesco
"An allegory for our times." - The New York Times
Thurs. - Sat. (8:00p) & Sun. (3:00p)
“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.”
— Eugène Ionesco
"An allegory for our times." - The New York Times
Tickets: $30 purchased online / $35 at the door
Seniors/Students: $20 purchased online / $25 at the door
GROUP SALES: $15 per ticket (groups 10 or more)
Seniors/Students: $20 purchased online / $25 at the door
GROUP SALES: $15 per ticket (groups 10 or more)
Director’s Notes
How easy it is for a human to become a rhinoceros
To a pounding beat, bodies clap, stamp, and move as one. What begins as rhythm becomes ritual; what feels like play hardens into command. In this production of Rhinoceros, transformation is not a distant catastrophe, but a pulse passing through the room.
The performers move between dance, drill, and procession, drawing us into a world where the herd is seductive because it promises certainty. Horror becomes habit. Resistance becomes awkward. The body learns the rhythm before the mind admits what has happened.
As the boundary between stage and audience begins to blur, the production refuses the comfort of distance. It asks not only what happens to those who change, but what happens to those who watch, hesitate, explain, and stay silent. In the end, the rhinoceros is not outside us. It is waiting in the rhythm of belonging. –w.
Dystopian describes an imagined society or world marked by oppression, fear, dehumanization, or extreme social control. It happens when ordinary life becomes distorted by collective pressure, violence, and the loss of individual agency.
How easy it is for a human to become a rhinoceros
To a pounding beat, bodies clap, stamp, and move as one. What begins as rhythm becomes ritual; what feels like play hardens into command. In this production of Rhinoceros, transformation is not a distant catastrophe, but a pulse passing through the room.
The performers move between dance, drill, and procession, drawing us into a world where the herd is seductive because it promises certainty. Horror becomes habit. Resistance becomes awkward. The body learns the rhythm before the mind admits what has happened.
As the boundary between stage and audience begins to blur, the production refuses the comfort of distance. It asks not only what happens to those who change, but what happens to those who watch, hesitate, explain, and stay silent. In the end, the rhinoceros is not outside us. It is waiting in the rhythm of belonging. –w.
Dystopian describes an imagined society or world marked by oppression, fear, dehumanization, or extreme social control. It happens when ordinary life becomes distorted by collective pressure, violence, and the loss of individual agency.
Enter the world of Rhinoceros, Ionesco’s haunting vision of a world transformed.
“A plague of modern times, a strange disease-automatic systematized thinking that screens the mind from reality, perverts understanding and makes us blind.”
The play follows a small town where residents gradually turn into rhinoceroses. Experience this gripping allegory of conformity, autocracy, and the fight to remain human.
“A plague of modern times, a strange disease-automatic systematized thinking that screens the mind from reality, perverts understanding and makes us blind.”
The play follows a small town where residents gradually turn into rhinoceroses. Experience this gripping allegory of conformity, autocracy, and the fight to remain human.
Parental guidance is advised; adult and controversial themes may be discussed
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