The IRC’s Mission is to bring classic absurdist theatre to an international audience in the Philadelphia region. These rarely-produced, renowned plays explore and illuminate the human purpose and meaning, promoting reflection about the human condition in a contemporary world.

We are committed to producing intelligent, thought-provoking experiences featuring performances that are ironic, humorous, buoyant and infectious. The content is designed to displace and transform the audience’s perspective, using text and language as one piece of a sensory experience that illustrates and wrestles with ideas that words alone cannot convey.

The IRC experience is an exciting and challenging journey for seekers from all walks of life on multiple platforms: philosophical, psychological, physical and spiritual. Our dedicated group of artists invites you to explore with us these questions and share the word with friends; since 2006, a loyal IRC audience has been built largely through word of mouth.

PRODUCTIONS 2006

Three One Acts: Albee, Beckett & Ionesco 2007

Victims of Duty by Eugène Ionesco Four of a Kind: Pinter, Durang, Beckett & Ionesco

2008 Oh! For the Love of Love!: Durang, Beckett & Ionesco

A Streetcar Named Durang: The Parodies of Christopher Durang 2009

The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco

2010 The Gnädiges Fraulien by Tennessee Willliams The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux

2011 The Empire Builders by Boris Vian

The Arsonists (The Firebugs) by Max Frisch 2012

Marriage: An Utterly Improbable Occurrence by Nikolai Gogol Ivona, Princess of Burgundia by Witold Gombrowicz

2013 Paradise Park by Charles L. Mee

The Castle by Franz Kafka 2014

Ondine by Jean Giraudoux Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco

A Streetcar Named Durang by Christopher Durang 2015

Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco All in the Timing by David Ives

2016 The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol

The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco

Fall 2015 Welcome!

It takes a gaggle of hearty architects to build an Absurdist Village. As we prepare to pop the cork celebrating 10 years of IRC absurdity in 2016, this year has been one of looking back on successes and forward to limitless possibilities. Beginning on this stage presenting three one-act plays by Beckett, Ionesco and Durang in 2006, slowly and with as much surety as one can muster in this place and time, taking one small existentialist step at a time, we’ve all arrived intact. This birthday will happen because of you, a loyal and curious group, wonderful stalwarts who have supported the experimentation of our youth and the ongoing development of our group of zany, dedicated artists. A truly dedicated band of adventurers who choose to put away the compass and the notion of what theater should be, and forge ahead, relying on instinct and life’s bigger questions as the guide.

This year we’re focusing on expanding the IRC’s artistic reach and responsibility, featuring tonight’s artists and crew: David Stanger and Kristen Norine (soon to be husband and wife) helm the director’s chair this evening for Timing one-acts; Gil Johnson, assistant director for Fringe 2015’s Exit the King and the IRC’s February 2016 production of Gogol’s The Government Inspector, serves as tech support this evening. Gil’s adaptation of Camus’ The Just received a killer reading recently, and we eagerly anticipate the next steps in its development. You’ll soon see Andrew Carroll and Jennifer MacMillan, multi-talented theater artists contributing boundless talent, energy, verve and joy to this process, as performers in the Gogol show in February. And for Fringe 2016, a reprise of Ionesco’s The Chairs featuring IRC co-founder Bob Schmidt and I, as 94 year-old residents of a magical lighthouse by the sea, sharing stories and conversing with imaginary guests about life’s many accomplishments and regrets.

Newly-minted 3-year strategic plan in hand (process helmed by volunteer consultant extraordinaire Ben Doranz, with aid from The Arts & Business Council of Philadelphia) and a new rehearsal location (30’ X 40’ featuring a long-hoped for ceiling higher than 8’!) we can dream and create with greater ease and flexibility as we forge into the next decade.

It takes a village of curious, excited and committed artists and supporters to bring the simple and the vast to the table. We welcome you to the existential feast, enjoy and share with a friend. We are truly in this together.

Tina Brock Producing Artistic Director

$1.00 - $49.99

Lee Arnold Fred Jackes & Judy Adamson Sylvia Beck Jack and Sandy Jacobowitz Mary Brandt Moe and Sandy Lebo Joan O. Cahan Jane Moore Timothy P. Carey Robert Rosenwein John and Alberta Chiaravalloti Lee Saldinger John D'Alonzo Lois Shestack Henrik Eger Marie Stuart Gertrude D. Furman Mark Szybist Aida Galarza Lori Walsh Thomas and Nereida Gordon Renee Weisband Barbara Grabias Barbara Winters Baylor Harton Michael Zuckerman Jean R. Haskell

The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium Board of Directors

Susan Feagin - President Tina Brock - Vice President

Alyson Filippone, CPA - Treasurer Bill Brock

Erica Hoelscher Kirsten Quinn Bob Schmidt Earl Wilcox

Advisory Committee Ben Doranz, Strategic Planning Consultant

Gail Furman Robin Rodriguez

Educational Outreach Committee Debra Leigh Scott

Susan Zawislak

PO Box 63872 Philadelphia, PA 19147

www.IdiopathicRidiculopathyConsortium.org

2015 SEASON CONTRIBUTORS

$5000.00 & above Wyncote Foundation

$1000.00 - $4999.99 The Samuel S. Fels Fund

The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia The Charlotte Cushman Foundation

$500.00 - $999.99 Anonymous Andy Lamas & Christa Williford Ginny Vanderslice

$250.00 - $499.99 Pat and Stacey Bishop Steven Peitzman Noel Carroll & Sally Banes Willliam Penn Foundation Benjamin Doranz Paul Rathblott & Carol Saline Stephen Field Askold Zagars & Marie FeehanA. Ron Hunter Susan Zawislak

$100.00 - $249.99 Philip Alperson & Mary Hawkesworth Clifford Pearlman Fred Allen Barfoot Stephen Platt & Robin Schaufler Susan Coleman James Pritchett Donald & Geraldine Duclow Kirsten Quinn & Ari Benjamin Bank Norman and Carolyn Ellman Robin and Joseph Rodriguez Gail Furman Christopher and Jennifer Rule Jeanne George Carla Sarett Susan Giddings Bob and Pat Schmidt Mary L. Goldman & Debbie Weiner Stephen and Mrs. Johnne Tint Geri Lincoln & Gordon Bermant Edward Wagner Michael Lynch Robert J. Wallner Debra Miller & Ray Costello Judith Wooldridge Bill and Vikki Monaghan

$50.00 - $99.99 Paula Bedwell Michael and Barbara Lefkoe Nancy Beere Pat Lewis Nancy Berenson Margaret Lonzetta Jonathan Burton John and Dorothy McElwee Deborah Curtiss Antonio Merenda Jesse Delaney David Penkower Elizabeth Denton Lee Pucklis Robb Hutter Thomas and Kathleen Quinn Roberta Kangilaski Bertram and Lynne Strieb Fred and Carol Kueppers

All in the Timing, Six One Act Comedies

by David Ives

Directed by

David Stanger & Tina Brock

Costumier Erica Hoelscher

Stage Manager/Light and Sound Operator Gil Johnson

Prop Design and Construction Mark Williams

Ways and Means Coordinator Bob Schmidt

Photography Johanna Austin @ AustinArt.org

The Philadelphia was first produced at the 1992 New Hope

Performing Arts Festival, presented by The New Hope Arts Commission, New Hope, Pennsylvania,Robin Larsen, Executive

Director

Sure Thing was first produced at the Manhattan Punch Line Theatre in New York City, in February 1988, Steve Kaplan, Artistic

Director.

Variations on the Death of Trotsky was first produced at the Manhattan Punch Line Theatre in New York City, in January 1991,

Steve Kaplan, Artistic Director.

The Universal Language was first produced byPrimary Stages in New York City, in November 1993, Casey Childs, Artistic Director

Words, Words, Words was first produced at the Manhattan Punch Line Theatre in New York City, in January 1987, Steve Kaplan,

Artistic Director

Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread was first produced at the Manhattan Punch Line Theatre in New York City, in January 1990,

Steve Kaplan, Artistic Director.

All in the Timing, Six One Act Comedies is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc, New York.

All in the Timing, Six One Act Comedies

by David Ives

The Philadelphia

Al………………David Stanger Waitress………Jennifer MacMillan

Mark………….Andrew Carroll Directed by Tina Brock

Sure Thing Bill……………….Bob Schmidt Betty…………...…..Tina Brock Directed by David Stanger

Variations on the Death of Trotsky Trotsky……….Andrew Carroll

Mrs. Trotsky……Jennifer MacMillan Ramon………..Kristen Norine

Directed by Tina Brock

The Universal Language Dawn…………Kristen Norine Don…………...David Stanger

Young Man…….Andrew Carroll Directed by David Stanger

Words, Words, Words Swift……………Andrew Carroll

Kafka…………Jennifer MacMillan Milton……………David Stanger

Directed by Tina Brock

Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread First Woman……Jennifer MacMillan Second Woman……..Kristen Norine

Baker…………..…Andrew Carroll Philip Glass….…..…David Stanger

Directed by David Stanger Musical Direction by Kristen Norine

Running time is approximately 75 minutes,

without an intermission.

SPECIAL THANKS Leslie and the Staff at L’Etage

Ben Doranz Eileen Cunniffe Erica Hoelscher Mark Williams

Bill Brock & Steve Schmidt Bob and Pat Schmidt Jennifer MacMillan

All in the Timing is made possible in part by generous grants from

Wyncote Foundation; The Samuel S. Fels Fund; The Philadelphia Cultural Fund; Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia; The Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program of the

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the

Arts, a federal agency with support also provided by PECO and administered regionally by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance;

The Charlotte Cushman Foundation; The William Penn Foundation and by YOU: over 60% of our annual budget comes from ticket sales and

individual contributions.

The Government Inspector by

Nikolai Gogol

When the corrupt officials of a small town learn that an undercover government inspector is coming for a surprise visit, a

case of mistaken identity sends the village spiraling into a world of panic, greed and hilarity.

Directed by Tina Brock Set Design: Lisi Stoessel

Lighting Design: Maria Shaplin Costume Design: Janus Stefanowicz

February 2 – 28, 2016

Walnut Street Theatre, Studio 5

“The Pataphysics Times,” James E. Brewton (1964), blueprint. The James E. Brewton Foundation.

PASC

The Philadelphia Avant-Garde Studies Consortium

The Philadelphia Avant-Garde Studies Consortium (PASC) is a network of educational and cultural institutions and associated scholars, artists, curators, and collectors who combine expertise and resources to foster the advanced study of avant-garde movements and promote related special collections, exhibitions, and performances in the Philadelphia area and Delaware Valley region.

In addition to the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, our member organizations include: Digital Studies Center, Rutgers University; International House Philadelphia, the James E. Brewton Foundation, Kelly Writers House, the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts; the Penn Humanities Forum, Saturnalia Books, and the Slought Foundation.

For more information about PASC, visit our website http://www.pasc-arts.org. If you are interested in participating in PASC or would like to recommend individuals or institutions to be included, please email us at pascinitiative@gmail.com.

CAST

Andrew Carroll (Mark in The Philadelphia, Trotsky in Variations on the Death of Trotsky, Young Man in The Universal Language, Swift in Words, Words, Words, Baker in Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread) is no stranger to the IRC. He's loved fairies in Ondine, had a dalliance or two with Durang, thrown a good handful of fits in Misalliance, and munched on a Raw Onion. If you find his work groovy, come check out A Porch at the End of the World with Transmissions

Theatre Co., The Government Inspector with the IRC, and The Cripple of Inishmaan at Curio, where he is a proud company member. Love to Tina, Bob, Jenn and the wee beasties.

Jennifer MacMillan (Waitress in The Philadelphia, Mrs. Trotsky in Variations on the Death of Trotsky, Kafka in Words, Words, Words, First Woman in Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread) holds a BFA in Acting from the University of the Arts, where she has also been a lecturer for the past several years. Jenn is the co-author of Enter Bogart… winner of the 2014 National Playscripts Competition and is the former

Artistic Director of Bright Invention: The White Pines Ensemble. Favorite acting credits include the world premiere of Dream House (Plays and Players), Fair Maid of the West (PAC), The Exit Interview (InterAct), Raw Stitch (Philadelphia Fringe), Overexposed (Edinburgh Fringe), House of Blue Leaves (Isis Productions), and How to Disappear Completely (Luna). Many thanks to Tina and David for the opportunity, and much love to Andrew. Next Up: The Government Inspector with the fine folks of the IRC!

Kristen Norine (Ramon in Variations on the Death of Trotsky, Dawn in The Universal Language, Second Woman in Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread), Musical Director, Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread) is a gradute of UArts with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Recent credits: Jane/Zira in Damned Dirty Apes! (Renegade Company), Maya/Lotte/The Interns in The Unfound Nudibranch, Lina in Misalliance (IRC), and several roles in last fall's A Streetcar Named

Durang (IRC). Upcoming: Pink Punch and The Voice of God (The Art Church of West Philadelphia) in January 2016, and the one-day-only event Kristen and David are Getting Married! on April 30th.

David Stanger (Al in The Philadelphia, Don in The Universal Language, Milton in Words, Words, Words, Philip Glass in Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread), Co-Director All in the Timing) feels great to be back with the IRC, having last been seen in Misalliance as Johnny. Also with the IRC: Rhinoceros (Jean), The Castle (K), Marriage (Kochkaryov) and Ivona, Princess of Burgindia (Prince Philip). Elsewhere in Philadelphia: The Walnut, The Arden, Luna Theater Company and

Flashpoint Theater Company to name a few. Look for him next as the role of 'Groom' in the Norine-Stanger Wedding, co-staring Kristen Norine (one show only, sold out performance). Thanks to Tina and this wonderful cast and crew! You all have impeccable timing in my book.

Tina Brock (Betty in Sure Thing, Co-Director All in the Timing, IRC Producing Artistic Director) is a founding member of the IRC. Directing projects: Eugène Ionesco's Rhinoceros, The Chairs, Victims of Duty, Foursome, The Leader; Samuel Beckett's Ohio Impromptu, Catastrophe, Come and Go; Christopher Durang's Wanda’s Visit, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls, Desire Desire Desire, A Stye of the Eye and The Actor’s Nightmare; Franz Kafka’s The Castle; Witold Gombrowicz’s Ivona, Princess of Burgundia; Nikolai Gogol’s Marriage: An

Utterly Improbable Occurrence in Two Acts; George Bernard Shaw’s Misalliance; Max Frisch’s The Arsonists; Boris Vian’s The Empire Builders, Jean Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot; Tennessee Williams' The Gnädiges Fraulein. As a performer: Philadelphia Theater Company, Act II Playhouse, Luna Theater, Azuka Theater, Theatre Exile, Arden Theater Company. Tina studied Journalism and Dance at University of Maryland; Speech Communication at West Chester University. She has worked as a freelance producer and writer, and in the public information/fundraising departments at PBS affiliate WHYY-TV12. Upcoming: On stage and directing Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector in February. For Liam.

Bob Schmidt (Bill in Sure Thing, IRC Ways and Means Coordinator) is a founding member of the IRC and has appeared in numerous productions since the company's origin in 2006. Favorite IRC roles and productions: The Guard in Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, Botard in Ionesco’s Rhinoceros and Old Man in Ionesco’s The Chairs. Many thanks to the cast and crew for making this all possible, and to you for supporting The IRC!

CREW

Erica Hoelscher (Costumier) recently served as scenic and costume designer for the IRC’s Exit the King and Rhinoceros, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Twelfth Night, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, and Euripides’ Medea at Lehigh University. Costume design for the IRC’s Marriage, Ivona, Princess of Burgundia, and The Castle, as well as for various theatres in Philadelphia, NY, Chicago. MFA in stage design from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Chairperson of the department of theatre at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, where she has designed nearly fifty productions since 1995. Currently projects include costumes and scenery for Gem of the Ocean.

Gil Johnson (Stage Manager & Lights and Sound Operator) sometimes lurks in shadows, turning things off and on. Gil most recently worked on and offstage in his own production of Albert Camus' The Just. On deck: Assistant Directing Gogol's The Government Inspector, with The IRC!

Mark Williams (Prop Construction) is a multi-disciplinary Theatre Artist working in the Philadelphia-South Jersey region. He currently studies Design/ Technical Theatre at Rowan University, with Television/Film Production as his secondary major. He loves building props and making puppets as it compliments his jack-of-all-trades approach to making theatre. He would like to thank his family, teachers, and mentors for their continued support in his career.

AUTHOR

David Ives (Playwright) is perhaps best known for his evening of one-act plays, All in the Timing (he has been included in the “Best Short Plays” series seven times), and for his drama Venus in Fur, which was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. His plays include New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza; The School for Lies (adapted from Molière’s The Misanthrope); The Liar (adapted from Corneille); Time Flies; and Is He Dead? (adapted from Mark Twain). He has also translated Feydeau’s A Flea In Her Ear and Yasmina Reza’s A Spanish Play. A former Guggenheim Fellow in playwriting and a graduate of The Yale School of Drama, he lives in New York City.

David Stanger (Al in The Philadelphia, Don in The Universal Language, Milton in Words, Words, Words, Philip Glass in Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread), Co-Director All in the Timing) feels great to be back with the IRC, having last been seen in Misalliance as Johnny. Also with the IRC: Rhinoceros (Jean), The Castle (K), Marriage (Kochkaryov) and Ivona, Princess of Burgindia (Prince Philip). Elsewhere in Philadelphia: The Walnut, The Arden, Luna Theater Company and

Flashpoint Theater Company to name a few. Look for him next as the role of 'Groom' in the Norine-Stanger Wedding, co-staring Kristen Norine (one show only, sold out performance). Thanks to Tina and this wonderful cast and crew! You all have impeccable timing in my book.

Tina Brock (Betty in Sure Thing, Co-Director All in the Timing, IRC Producing Artistic Director) is a founding member of the IRC. Directing projects: Eugène Ionesco's Rhinoceros, The Chairs, Victims of Duty, Foursome, The Leader; Samuel Beckett's Ohio Impromptu, Catastrophe, Come and Go; Christopher Durang's Wanda’s Visit, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls, Desire Desire Desire, A Stye of the Eye and The Actor’s Nightmare; Franz Kafka’s The Castle; Witold Gombrowicz’s Ivona, Princess of Burgundia; Nikolai Gogol’s Marriage: An

Utterly Improbable Occurrence in Two Acts; George Bernard Shaw’s Misalliance; Max Frisch’s The Arsonists; Boris Vian’s The Empire Builders, Jean Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot; Tennessee Williams' The Gnädiges Fraulein. As a performer: Philadelphia Theater Company, Act II Playhouse, Luna Theater, Azuka Theater, Theatre Exile, Arden Theater Company. Tina studied Journalism and Dance at University of Maryland; Speech Communication at West Chester University. She has worked as a freelance producer and writer, and in the public information/fundraising departments at PBS affiliate WHYY-TV12. Upcoming: On stage and directing Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector in February. For Liam.

Bob Schmidt (Bill in Sure Thing, IRC Ways and Means Coordinator) is a founding member of the IRC and has appeared in numerous productions since the company's origin in 2006. Favorite IRC roles and productions: The Guard in Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King, Botard in Ionesco’s Rhinoceros and Old Man in Ionesco’s The Chairs. Many thanks to the cast and crew for making this all possible, and to you for supporting The IRC!

CREW

Erica Hoelscher (Costumier) recently served as scenic and costume designer for the IRC’s Exit the King and Rhinoceros, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Twelfth Night, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, and Euripides’ Medea at Lehigh University. Costume design for the IRC’s Marriage, Ivona, Princess of Burgundia, and The Castle, as well as for various theatres in Philadelphia, NY, Chicago. MFA in stage design from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Chairperson of the department of theatre at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, where she has designed nearly fifty productions since 1995. Currently projects include costumes and scenery for Gem of the Ocean.

Gil Johnson (Stage Manager & Lights and Sound Operator) sometimes lurks in shadows, turning things off and on. Gil most recently worked on and offstage in his own production of Albert Camus' The Just. On deck: Assistant Directing Gogol's The Government Inspector, with The IRC!

Mark Williams (Prop Construction) is a multi-disciplinary Theatre Artist working in the Philadelphia-South Jersey region. He currently studies Design/ Technical Theatre at Rowan University, with Television/Film Production as his secondary major. He loves building props and making puppets as it compliments his jack-of-all-trades approach to making theatre. He would like to thank his family, teachers, and mentors for their continued support in his career.

AUTHOR

David Ives (Playwright) is perhaps best known for his evening of one-act plays, All in the Timing (he has been included in the “Best Short Plays” series seven times), and for his drama Venus in Fur, which was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. His plays include New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza; The School for Lies (adapted from Molière’s The Misanthrope); The Liar (adapted from Corneille); Time Flies; and Is He Dead? (adapted from Mark Twain). He has also translated Feydeau’s A Flea In Her Ear and Yasmina Reza’s A Spanish Play. A former Guggenheim Fellow in playwriting and a graduate of The Yale School of Drama, he lives in New York City.

All in the Timing, Six One Act Comedies

by David Ives

The Philadelphia

Al………………David Stanger Waitress………Jennifer MacMillan

Mark………….Andrew Carroll Directed by Tina Brock

Sure Thing Bill……………….Bob Schmidt Betty…………...…..Tina Brock Directed by David Stanger

Variations on the Death of Trotsky Trotsky……….Andrew Carroll

Mrs. Trotsky……Jennifer MacMillan Ramon………..Kristen Norine

Directed by Tina Brock

The Universal Language Dawn…………Kristen Norine Don…………...David Stanger

Young Man…….Andrew Carroll Directed by David Stanger

Words, Words, Words Swift……………Andrew Carroll

Kafka…………Jennifer MacMillan Milton……………David Stanger

Directed by Tina Brock

Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread First Woman……Jennifer MacMillan Second Woman……..Kristen Norine

Baker…………..…Andrew Carroll Philip Glass….…..…David Stanger

Directed by David Stanger Musical Direction by Kristen Norine

Running time is approximately 75 minutes,

without an intermission.

SPECIAL THANKS Leslie and the Staff at L’Etage

Ben Doranz Eileen Cunniffe Erica Hoelscher Mark Williams

Bill Brock & Steve Schmidt Bob and Pat Schmidt Jennifer MacMillan

All in the Timing is made possible in part by generous grants from

Wyncote Foundation; The Samuel S. Fels Fund; The Philadelphia Cultural Fund; Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia; The Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program of the

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the

Arts, a federal agency with support also provided by PECO and administered regionally by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance;

The Charlotte Cushman Foundation; The William Penn Foundation and by YOU: over 60% of our annual budget comes from ticket sales and

individual contributions.

The Government Inspector by

Nikolai Gogol

When the corrupt officials of a small town learn that an undercover government inspector is coming for a surprise visit, a

case of mistaken identity sends the village spiraling into a world of panic, greed and hilarity.

Directed by Tina Brock Set Design: Lisi Stoessel

Lighting Design: Maria Shaplin Costume Design: Janus Stefanowicz

February 2 – 28, 2016

Walnut Street Theatre, Studio 5

“The Pataphysics Times,” James E. Brewton (1964), blueprint. The James E. Brewton Foundation.

PASC

The Philadelphia Avant-Garde Studies Consortium

The Philadelphia Avant-Garde Studies Consortium (PASC) is a network of educational and cultural institutions and associated scholars, artists, curators, and collectors who combine expertise and resources to foster the advanced study of avant-garde movements and promote related special collections, exhibitions, and performances in the Philadelphia area and Delaware Valley region.

In addition to the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, our member organizations include: Digital Studies Center, Rutgers University; International House Philadelphia, the James E. Brewton Foundation, Kelly Writers House, the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts; the Penn Humanities Forum, Saturnalia Books, and the Slought Foundation.

For more information about PASC, visit our website http://www.pasc-arts.org. If you are interested in participating in PASC or would like to recommend individuals or institutions to be included, please email us at pascinitiative@gmail.com.

CAST

Andrew Carroll (Mark in The Philadelphia, Trotsky in Variations on the Death of Trotsky, Young Man in The Universal Language, Swift in Words, Words, Words, Baker in Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread) is no stranger to the IRC. He's loved fairies in Ondine, had a dalliance or two with Durang, thrown a good handful of fits in Misalliance, and munched on a Raw Onion. If you find his work groovy, come check out A Porch at the End of the World with Transmissions

Theatre Co., The Government Inspector with the IRC, and The Cripple of Inishmaan at Curio, where he is a proud company member. Love to Tina, Bob, Jenn and the wee beasties.

Jennifer MacMillan (Waitress in The Philadelphia, Mrs. Trotsky in Variations on the Death of Trotsky, Kafka in Words, Words, Words, First Woman in Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread) holds a BFA in Acting from the University of the Arts, where she has also been a lecturer for the past several years. Jenn is the co-author of Enter Bogart… winner of the 2014 National Playscripts Competition and is the former

Artistic Director of Bright Invention: The White Pines Ensemble. Favorite acting credits include the world premiere of Dream House (Plays and Players), Fair Maid of the West (PAC), The Exit Interview (InterAct), Raw Stitch (Philadelphia Fringe), Overexposed (Edinburgh Fringe), House of Blue Leaves (Isis Productions), and How to Disappear Completely (Luna). Many thanks to Tina and David for the opportunity, and much love to Andrew. Next Up: The Government Inspector with the fine folks of the IRC!

Kristen Norine (Ramon in Variations on the Death of Trotsky, Dawn in The Universal Language, Second Woman in Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread), Musical Director, Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread) is a gradute of UArts with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Recent credits: Jane/Zira in Damned Dirty Apes! (Renegade Company), Maya/Lotte/The Interns in The Unfound Nudibranch, Lina in Misalliance (IRC), and several roles in last fall's A Streetcar Named

Durang (IRC). Upcoming: Pink Punch and The Voice of God (The Art Church of West Philadelphia) in January 2016, and the one-day-only event Kristen and David are Getting Married! on April 30th.

2015 SEASON CONTRIBUTORS

$5000.00 & above Wyncote Foundation

$1000.00 - $4999.99 The Samuel S. Fels Fund

The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia The Charlotte Cushman Foundation

$500.00 - $999.99 Anonymous Andy Lamas & Christa Williford Ginny Vanderslice

$250.00 - $499.99 Pat and Stacey Bishop Steven Peitzman Noel Carroll & Sally Banes Willliam Penn Foundation Benjamin Doranz Paul Rathblott & Carol Saline Stephen Field Askold Zagars & Marie FeehanA. Ron Hunter Susan Zawislak

$100.00 - $249.99 Philip Alperson & Mary Hawkesworth Clifford Pearlman Fred Allen Barfoot Stephen Platt & Robin Schaufler Susan Coleman James Pritchett Donald & Geraldine Duclow Kirsten Quinn & Ari Benjamin Bank Norman and Carolyn Ellman Robin and Joseph Rodriguez Gail Furman Christopher and Jennifer Rule Jeanne George Carla Sarett Susan Giddings Bob and Pat Schmidt Mary L. Goldman & Debbie Weiner Stephen and Mrs. Johnne Tint Geri Lincoln & Gordon Bermant Edward Wagner Michael Lynch Robert J. Wallner Debra Miller & Ray Costello Judith Wooldridge Bill and Vikki Monaghan

$50.00 - $99.99 Paula Bedwell Michael and Barbara Lefkoe Nancy Beere Pat Lewis Nancy Berenson Margaret Lonzetta Jonathan Burton John and Dorothy McElwee Deborah Curtiss Antonio Merenda Jesse Delaney David Penkower Elizabeth Denton Lee Pucklis Robb Hutter Thomas and Kathleen Quinn Roberta Kangilaski Bertram and Lynne Strieb Fred and Carol Kueppers

All in the Timing, Six One Act Comedies

by David Ives

Directed by

David Stanger & Tina Brock

Costumier Erica Hoelscher

Stage Manager/Light and Sound Operator Gil Johnson

Prop Design and Construction Mark Williams

Ways and Means Coordinator Bob Schmidt

Photography Johanna Austin @ AustinArt.org

The Philadelphia was first produced at the 1992 New Hope

Performing Arts Festival, presented by The New Hope Arts Commission, New Hope, Pennsylvania,Robin Larsen, Executive

Director

Sure Thing was first produced at the Manhattan Punch Line Theatre in New York City, in February 1988, Steve Kaplan, Artistic

Director.

Variations on the Death of Trotsky was first produced at the Manhattan Punch Line Theatre in New York City, in January 1991,

Steve Kaplan, Artistic Director.

The Universal Language was first produced byPrimary Stages in New York City, in November 1993, Casey Childs, Artistic Director

Words, Words, Words was first produced at the Manhattan Punch Line Theatre in New York City, in January 1987, Steve Kaplan,

Artistic Director

Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread was first produced at the Manhattan Punch Line Theatre in New York City, in January 1990,

Steve Kaplan, Artistic Director.

All in the Timing, Six One Act Comedies is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc, New York.

Fall 2015 Welcome!

It takes a gaggle of hearty architects to build an Absurdist Village. As we prepare to pop the cork celebrating 10 years of IRC absurdity in 2016, this year has been one of looking back on successes and forward to limitless possibilities. Beginning on this stage presenting three one-act plays by Beckett, Ionesco and Durang in 2006, slowly and with as much surety as one can muster in this place and time, taking one small existentialist step at a time, we’ve all arrived intact. This birthday will happen because of you, a loyal and curious group, wonderful stalwarts who have supported the experimentation of our youth and the ongoing development of our group of zany, dedicated artists. A truly dedicated band of adventurers who choose to put away the compass and the notion of what theater should be, and forge ahead, relying on instinct and life’s bigger questions as the guide.

This year we’re focusing on expanding the IRC’s artistic reach and responsibility, featuring tonight’s artists and crew: David Stanger and Kristen Norine (soon to be husband and wife) helm the director’s chair this evening for Timing one-acts; Gil Johnson, assistant director for Fringe 2015’s Exit the King and the IRC’s February 2016 production of Gogol’s The Government Inspector, serves as tech support this evening. Gil’s adaptation of Camus’ The Just received a killer reading recently, and we eagerly anticipate the next steps in its development. You’ll soon see Andrew Carroll and Jennifer MacMillan, multi-talented theater artists contributing boundless talent, energy, verve and joy to this process, as performers in the Gogol show in February. And for Fringe 2016, a reprise of Ionesco’s The Chairs featuring IRC co-founder Bob Schmidt and I, as 94 year-old residents of a magical lighthouse by the sea, sharing stories and conversing with imaginary guests about life’s many accomplishments and regrets.

Newly-minted 3-year strategic plan in hand (process helmed by volunteer consultant extraordinaire Ben Doranz, with aid from The Arts & Business Council of Philadelphia) and a new rehearsal location (30’ X 40’ featuring a long-hoped for ceiling higher than 8’!) we can dream and create with greater ease and flexibility as we forge into the next decade.

It takes a village of curious, excited and committed artists and supporters to bring the simple and the vast to the table. We welcome you to the existential feast, enjoy and share with a friend. We are truly in this together.

Tina Brock Producing Artistic Director

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Lee Arnold Fred Jackes & Judy Adamson Sylvia Beck Jack and Sandy Jacobowitz Mary Brandt Moe and Sandy Lebo Joan O. Cahan Jane Moore Timothy P. Carey Robert Rosenwein John and Alberta Chiaravalloti Lee Saldinger John D'Alonzo Lois Shestack Henrik Eger Marie Stuart Gertrude D. Furman Mark Szybist Aida Galarza Lori Walsh Thomas and Nereida Gordon Renee Weisband Barbara Grabias Barbara Winters Baylor Harton Michael Zuckerman Jean R. Haskell

The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium Board of Directors

Susan Feagin - President Tina Brock - Vice President

Alyson Filippone, CPA - Treasurer Bill Brock

Erica Hoelscher Kirsten Quinn Bob Schmidt Earl Wilcox

Advisory Committee Ben Doranz, Strategic Planning Consultant

Gail Furman Robin Rodriguez

Educational Outreach Committee Debra Leigh Scott

Susan Zawislak

PO Box 63872 Philadelphia, PA 19147

www.IdiopathicRidiculopathyConsortium.org

The IRC’s Mission is to bring classic absurdist theatre to an international audience in the Philadelphia region. These rarely-produced, renowned plays explore and illuminate the human purpose and meaning, promoting reflection about the human condition in a contemporary world.

We are committed to producing intelligent, thought-provoking experiences featuring performances that are ironic, humorous, buoyant and infectious. The content is designed to displace and transform the audience’s perspective, using text and language as one piece of a sensory experience that illustrates and wrestles with ideas that words alone cannot convey.

The IRC experience is an exciting and challenging journey for seekers from all walks of life on multiple platforms: philosophical, psychological, physical and spiritual. Our dedicated group of artists invites you to explore with us these questions and share the word with friends; since 2006, a loyal IRC audience has been built largely through word of mouth.

PRODUCTIONS 2006

Three One Acts: Albee, Beckett & Ionesco 2007

Victims of Duty by Eugène Ionesco Four of a Kind: Pinter, Durang, Beckett & Ionesco

2008 Oh! For the Love of Love!: Durang, Beckett & Ionesco

A Streetcar Named Durang: The Parodies of Christopher Durang 2009

The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco

2010 The Gnädiges Fraulien by Tennessee Willliams The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux

2011 The Empire Builders by Boris Vian

The Arsonists (The Firebugs) by Max Frisch 2012

Marriage: An Utterly Improbable Occurrence by Nikolai Gogol Ivona, Princess of Burgundia by Witold Gombrowicz

2013 Paradise Park by Charles L. Mee

The Castle by Franz Kafka 2014

Ondine by Jean Giraudoux Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco

A Streetcar Named Durang by Christopher Durang 2015

Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco All in the Timing by David Ives

2016 The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol

The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco