BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Angelo State University//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20181110T020000Z DTEND:20181110T030000Z LOCATION:Carr Education-Fine Arts Building GEO:31.440047;-100.466719 SUMMARY:Theatre: Student-Directed Play DESCRIPTION:by John Boulanger directed by Marco MolinaHouse of Several S tores\, a tragedy in two acts of nonsense\, is an absurdist comedy about a dysfunctional family and their Thanksgiving "guests." Bastian returns home for Thanksgiving with news of "joining the service." Mother suggests he join a gym. Bastian's news takes a backseat when his sister\, Rissa\, suddenly decides that she's pregnant\, and though not yet showing\, expe cts to deliver "any minute now". Both children are then bombarded with Mo ther's news of an older brother that they've never known about\, Thom\, w ho has returned home for Thanksgiving from the war. Things are further c omplicated with the arrival of the mysterious\, young Abigail\, who has s imply stopped by to drop something off–her newborn baby. That is\, unti l she discovers the baby's father might be in the house. The play explor es how stories help fill voids in people's lives caused by death\, loss a nd dysfunction. \; "One of the few examples of purely American abs urdism…outside of Edward Albee."" - Austin Chronicle "An examination o f dysfunction\, perception and misperception\, truth and/or lies\, with a ll roadsleading to life's perpetually unanswered question: What is real a nd true here?" - Austinist.com X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
by John Boulanger
directed by M arco Molina
House of Several Stores\, a tragedy in two act s of nonsense\, is an absurdist comedy about a dysfunctional family and t heir Thanksgiving "guests."
Bastian returns home for Thanksgiving with news of "joining the service." Mother suggests he join a gym. Basti an's news takes a backseat when his sister\, Rissa\, suddenly decides tha t she's pregnant\, and though not yet showing\, expects to deliver "any m inute now". Both children are then bombarded with Mother's news of an old er brother that they've never known about\, Thom\, who has returned home for Thanksgiving from the war.
Things are further complicated wit h the arrival of the mysterious\, young Abigail\, who has simply stopped by to drop something off–her newborn baby. That is\, until she discover s the baby's father might be in the house.
The play explores how stories help fill voids in people's lives caused by death\, loss and dysf unction.
\;
"One of the few examples of purely Ameri can absurdism…outside of Edward Albee."" - Austin Chronicle
"An examination of dysfunction\, perception and misperception\, tru th and/or lies\, with all roadsleading to life's perpetually unanswered q uestion: What is real and true here?" - Austinist.com
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