THEATRE :

CHICAGO

THE TRAPDOOR THEATRE


presents

THE ARCHITECT AND
THE EMPEROR OF ASSYRIA

 

WRITTEN BY: Fernando Arrabal
DIRECTED BY: Beata Pilch

Fernando Arrabal (The Playwright) Fernando Arrabal was born in Melilla
(Spanish Morocco) on August 11, 1932, shortly before War was to tear his
country apart. His father, an officer of the Spanish army, was sentenced to
death at the beginning of the War for being opposed to the military coup.
He was imprisoned by Franco, and escaped on November 4, 1941 and
disappeared forever. Fernando Arrabal was brought up by his mother in a
rigidly Catholic atmosphere. Now a voluntary exile from Spain, he has lived
in Paris since 1955 and, writing in French, he has emerged as one of
Europe's front-rank dramatists. He has published 12 novels, nearly 70
plays, and epistles. He has directed 7 full-length films and founded the
"Panic Movement" in 1962. Although he is one of the most controversial
writers of his time, he has received many international prizes and
distinctions.

DESIGNS:
LIGHTING DESIGN: Richard Norwood
SET DESIGN: David Moquay
SOUND DESIGN: Bob Rokos
COSTUME DESIGN: Beata Pilch, Imma Curl
CAST: Wesley Walker, Tom Bateman


OPENS: Thursday May 2, 2002 at 8PM

CLOSES: Saturday, October 8, 2002 at 8PM

RUNS: Thursday through Saturday at 8PM and Wednesday, at 8 PM

SPECIAL NOTE: There will be no performance on Saturday, June 1st, instead
there will be an additional performance on Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at 8 PM
ACTOR'S NIGHT: Friday, May 10, 2002 at 8 PM

DONATED ADMISSION: $15 (2 for 1 on Thursdays)

The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria...
-A schizophrenic journey to self-discovery, played out in childlike fashion
by two men on a deserted island.

-Filled with hideous humor and beauitful imagery, The Architect and the
Emperor of Assyria,
is a sadomasticistic farce dealing with confinement, love, and technology
in the 21st century.

-A gentleman falls to earth from an airplane accident on an unknown island
of which the sole inhabitant is a savage. In that isolation the barbarian
learns speech, and facts about the outside world. The instruction is a
process of fun and games: games of justice, war, religion, love, marriage,
and duty. Fueled by hunger and guilt, their confinement and love
culminates is a surrealistic judge and jury episode where only one man will
survive.

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