ECCENTRICITIES and random notes on Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams slept with my boyfriend’s father. I love saying that at a party.
Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium
ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2018 Fringe review
ECCENTRICITIES is lush, loquacious and very typical Tennessee Williams: lonely, sex-starved women, men struggling against overbearing mothers, desperation everywhere.
Remembering TIME REMEMBERED: Interviews with the IRC cast
Henrik Eger talked to the IRC cast about their production of Jean Anouith’s play.
Theater in Sketch: TIME REMEMBERED (IRC)
Sketches of TIME REMEMBERED by Jean Anouilh, presented by the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium February 6-March 4, 2018 at the Walnut Street Theatre Studio 5
TIME REMEMBERED (IRC): What is love and how do we kill it?
The IRC prove once again that they are able to pluck strange fruits out of theatrical history and serve them up ably.
Theater in Sketch: Previewing TIME REMEMBERED (IRC)
I’ve been sitting in on some of the absurdist theater company’s rehearsals, sketching and liking what I see.
EUGÈNE IONESCO’S THE BALD SOPRANO (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2017 Fringe review
The Bald Soprano always wears her hair in the same style. And The Bald Soprano, written in 1950 by Eugene Ionesco as a “tragedy of language,” is probably the most…
Eugene Ionesco’s THE BALD SOPRANO (IRC): 2017 Fringe Review
Tina Brock and company make Ionesco’s absurd SOPRANO sing.
24 Picks for the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
What to see at the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Theater in Sketch: THE ENCHANTED (IRC) and A DOLL’S HOUSE (Swarthmore)
Comparinge the absurdist comedy of Giraudoux with the serious drama of Ibsen.
THE ENCHANTED (IRC): a great revival speaks to our times
Philly’s favorite absurdist company Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium revives Jean Giraudoux’s THE ENCHANTED.
THE CHAIRS (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2016 Fringe review 8
IRC presents a must-see revival of Eugene Ionesco’s 1952 classic THE CHAIRS, a defining work of the theater of the absurd.
“Casting call” for the chairs in Ionesco’s THE CHAIRS: Interview with IRC artistic director Tina Brock
The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium brings Eugene Ionesco’s hilarious, controversial, absurdist classic THE CHAIRS to the 2016 Fringe Festival. We talk to director Tina Brock about the show.
Ionesco Anticipation: IRC’s Tina Brock on another buzz-worthy Fringe show, and her favorite chair
Tina Brock talks about Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium’s Fringe show Eugene Ionesco’s THE CHAIRS.
Deb Miller’s Top Picks for the 2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Can’t decide what to see in the 2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival? Check out Deb Miller’s recommendations in her annual top picks preview.
THE YEAR OF THE RAW ONION (IRC): A cabaret cocktail of satire and absurdity
A series of stand-up monologues culled from the satirical articles of The Onion delivered riotous socio-political commentary in a fast-paced 75 minutes.
Chickabiddy to Perform in the MANTIS SINGER/SONGWRITER SHOWCASE at The Troc
Multi-talented theater artists Aaron Cromie and Emily Schuman formed Chickabiddy in 2015.
Corruption Then, Corruption Now: Interview with IRC director Tina Brock about Gogol’s THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR
IRC director Tina Brock shares her insights and experiences in producing and directing Gogol’s THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR.
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (IRC): Corruption!
A production that forefronts Gogol’s surprising, desperate, hypnotizing dialogue. Illustration by Mike Jackson.
Inspecting the Circus Sideshow of Government: IRC director Tina Brock talks Gogol
In this two-part interview with Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium (IRC) director Tina Brock shares facts and her insights on Gogol’s The Government Inspector,
