Untitled Theater Company #61
www.untitledtheater.com
David A. Einhorn, Producer
presents
FAIRY TALES OF THE ABSURD
A Program of Three Short Plays:
TO PREPARE A HARD BOILED EGG
By EUGENE IONESCO - Translated by Edward Einhorn
TALES FOR CHILDREN
By EUGENE IONESCO
Translated by Karen Ott, Adapted by Edward Einhorn
ONE HEAD TOO MANY
By EDWARD EINHORN
Based June 6 - 29, 2003 run at Theater 80, NYC
Directed by EDWARD EINHORN
Stage Manager, Props & Puppets BERIT JOHNSON
Costume Designer CARLA GANT
Set Designer MICHELLE MALAVET
Lighting Designer GREGG CARVILLE
Dramaturg KAREN OTT
Music and Sound Effects WILLIAM SULLIVAN NIEDERKORN
Press Representative ORIGLIO PUBLIC RELATIONS
Starring
John Blaylock - Peter B. Brown - Uma Incrocci
Ian W. Hill - Celia Montgomery
Untitled Theater Company #61 has returned with a program of three plays that is
most appropriately entitled, FAIRY TALES OF THE ABSURD. Marking a
return to
territory the company is familiar with, they present two child-friendly
creations
from Eugene Ionesco, and add a second act penned by Edward Einhorn that was
clearly
drawn from the writer/director's love of Ionesco's works. The result? An
unequivocal
delight of a program that invites the audience to indulge in the wondrousness
of
fantasy that is typically abandoned by the time one emerges from childhood.
An homage to the child in us all, FAIRY TALES OF THE ABSURD, with the
seemingly
simplistic stories, animated puppetry, and clean content, is a good choice for
the
chronological child too. Especially palatable for the child, the very sweet
FAIRY
TALES FOR CHILDREN, in which a perky three year old is introduced to
magical worlds
through her father's fanciful tales, and ONE HEAD TOO MANY, in which a witch
and a
pudding make everything all right in the kingdom.
With an enthusiastic production like this one, it is hard not to get caught up
in this
company's particular love for the language and viewpoint that characterize
Ionesco's work.
Mr. Einhorn's play, for example, is a sturdy companion piece, imbued with the
spirit of
Ionesco's ironically absurdist vision. As a whole, FAIRY TALES OF THE
ABSURD lives up
to the title, but more importantly, is a lot of fun to watch.
- Kessa De Santis -