Performed: Fall 2009
Director: Simona Giurgea
In Jack, or the Submission (1955) and The Future is in Eggs (1957), French-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco satirizes life as lived in accordance with norms originating in prejudice. He finds inspiration in the absurdity of a world in which objects dominate and people are socially conditioned never to question the status quo. With humor and intelligence, he invites us to observe while being observed. As they march enthusiastically in the tunnels of conformism, the characters in these two plays appear ridiculous in their lack of perspective, hilarious in their instinctual force, and frustrating in their obstinacy. Yet, the noise they produce sounds strangely close to the music of our own lives.