Author: David Bridel
Synopsis: Enter the unsettling world of a 19th Century Parisian clinic where a strange experiment is about to unfold. YOU could become the next subject of the evening’s scientific demonstration. Once the electro-shock therapy begins, there’s no telling what will happen next…
Based on the real life obsessions of famed doctor, Duchenne du Boulogne, Lunatics and Actors takes its audience into the peculiar hinterland of emotional authenticity. The clowns of this performance veer wildly from reason to insanity to Hamlet, and things are never far from becoming completely unhinged. Who is really mad after all – the lunatic or the actor?
Cast Size: 4 Males, 1 Female
GOOGLE PLAY
KINDLE EDITION
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"Lunatics and Actors captivates and mesmerizes in all its sober absurdity... 70 minutes of enthralling wit and engaging artistry." —Broadway World "Adventurous and distinctly creepy." —LA Times"The play forces us to examine theatre itself as a kind of willful, collective lunacy." —Stage Raw"Completely compelling... A thrilling ride." —Stage Happenings"Think of a streamlined version of Marat Sade performed on Nitrous Oxide... Screamingly funny." —Los Angeles Beat
"Lunatics and Actors captivates and mesmerizes in all its sober absurdity... 70 minutes of enthralling wit and engaging artistry." —Broadway World
"Adventurous and distinctly creepy." —LA Times
"The play forces us to examine theatre itself as a kind of willful, collective lunacy." —Stage Raw
"Completely compelling... A thrilling ride." —Stage Happenings
"Think of a streamlined version of Marat Sade performed on Nitrous Oxide... Screamingly funny." —Los Angeles Beat
