Ubu

Playwright: Alfred Jarry, adapted by Adam Kelly Morton
Director: Adam Kelly Morton
Students: Second Studio: Year Two, Group Two

In 1896, young Alfred Jarry’s brutal comedy Ubu Roi opened and closed the same night, spurring riots in the streets of Paris; this ridiculous play—about a king and queen who slaughter everyone and get away with it—overwhelmed the audience. For the few years left in his drug-and-booze-addled life, Jarry became obsessed with Père Ubu, writing several more works about the violent, boorish, ineffably stupid and gluttonous king, and his murderous wife.

More than a century later, in this new adaptation of all three Ubu plays, Jarry’s vicious creation not only holds up—it is appallingly current.

Times

Performance Dates: Wednesday October 5th to Saturday October 8th
8:00 p.m.

Cast

Jeffrey James – Ubu Yellow
Castelina Massuda – Mère 1
Joey Crête – Ubu Orange
Phoebe Major Mewse – Mère 2
Melodie  Irving – Ubu Green
Claudia-Nicole Benko – Mère 3
Isabella Robert – Ubu Blue
Christopher De Varennes – Ubu Purple
Elijah Stefanesa – Mac-Nure / Captain / Corporal
Marco Carreiro – Buggerlas / Pisscock
Bénédicte Mbaididje –  Rosemonde / Eleutheria
Pedro Juan Arango Rodriguez – Wenseslas / Czar / Bendy / Soliman
Maria-Rachelle D’Amour – Lasky / Ubu’s Conscience
Abby Griffin – Duracell / Viszier