The Arsonists

The Arsonists

Trap Door Theatre
1655 W. Cortland Chicago

A study of a tepid society that refuses to question obvious exploitation, Max Frisch’s The Arsonists introduces mild mannered Mr. Biederman, who, emotionally castrated by his bourgeois guilt allows two smooth talking arsonists to burn his house to the ground. Parisian Clowning Master and Director and Founder of Cie Umbral Theatre in Paris, Victor Quezada-Perez uses stylistic clowning and a live band of firemen to re-envision Frisch’s parable about accommodating the very thing that will destroy you.

Thru - Dec 1, 2012