The Lesson… More Chairs!

October 2008

A belated thanks to all who supported our sold-out run of A Streetcar Named Durang: Two Burlesques and a Nightmare at the 2008 Philadelphia Live Arts and Fringe Festival.

Streetcar marked the IRC's third Fringe show, and eighth production since the company was formed in May 2006. While traversing the existential mountains and valleys of Beckett and Ionesco, Albee and Pinter in such a short time span, I've learned much about many things theatrically-related, but mostly how hilarious and absurd the search for the meaning of it all can be, both on stage and off.

Looking forward to 2009, the IRC will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Eugène Ionesco, recognized by many as the father of the movement loosely-termed the "Theater of the Absurd." We are currently casting The Lesson, Ionesco's story of a tutoring session gone awry, opening in February 2009 at L'Etage Cabaret. Also in the planning stages: a Fringe 2009 production of Ionesco's The Chairs, one of my all-time favorite plays.

Thanks for visiting and for helping the IRC to keep going. I hope to see you in the audience this year as we celebrate the centennial anniversary of the birth of Eugène Ionesco.

Tina Brock
Artistic Director

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