Invitation to a Beheading

Michael Brown & Rough House Theatre

Extra performance Sun 9/15 @ 7pm

In a bizarre and irrational world, a man is condemned to death for an absurd crime, and sent to a surreal prison to await his execution. But the prison may not be what it seems…

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8/26/19 – 9/14/19

Thu-Sat 8p

In a bizarre and irrational world, a man is condemned to death for an absurd crime, and sent to a surreal prison to await his execution. But the prison may not be what it seems…

Alternately disorienting, absurd, hysterical, and hopeful, this great novel by one of the 20th century’s masters is brought to the stage by Rough House and Sweven Theatre with their signature combination of playfulness and strangeness, full of surprising twists and turns, and told through a combination of puppetry, masks, and imaginative storytelling.

Author

Adapted from the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. Directed by Michael Brown

Director

Michael Brown, Mike Oleon, Jackie Penrod, Claire Saxe, and Corey Smith

Performers

Noah Appelbaum; Claire Saxe; Michael Brown

Production

Mike Oleon (Puppet and Mask Design); Corey Smith (Sound Design); Jackie Penrod (Set Design); Rachel Levy (Lighting Design); Frances Maggio (Costume Design); Lindy Forman (Stage Management); Esteban Arevalo (Assistant Director); Cara Weaver (Publicity).