THE WEDDING ON THE EIFFEL TOWER Serves Up "The Miraculous Poetry Of Daily Life" 7/8-25

Using a singular sense of comedy, symbolism, and satire, The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower serves up what Cocteau describes as “the miraculous poetry of daily life.”  Also on the bill of three short plays are the absurdist comedy Jack, or the Submission by Eugene Ionesco and Humulus the Mute by Jean Anouilh.

The cast of 19 actors perform multiple roles in the three plays and two languages; all appear in every performance,switching roles depending on the language of that night's performance.  The cast includes both seasoned performers who have been regulars on local stages and of our summer park shows, Margaret Ann Brady (Speakeasy Stage Co., Gold Dust Orphans, Theatre Offensive), Vladimir Noel (performing for his 5th summer in the park), and several recent graduates of the acting programs at Emerson College and Boston University.

Jean Cocteau was a poet, novelist, dramatist, playwright and filmmaker, and a friend and collaborator of Guillaume Apollinaire (our namesake). Best know for his films Beauty and the Beast and Orpheus, Cocteau received numerous awards and honors including election to the prestigious Academie Francaise.

Eugene Ionesco, an internationally renowned playwright and absurdist master, profoundly altered the face of modern drama.  He wrote more than 20 plays, including The Bald Soprano, The Chairs, and Rhinoceros, and was elected a member of the Academie Francaise.

Jean Anouilh observed both the lighter and darker sides of life with an essentially rueful wit. His characteristic heroes are essentially rebels, revolting in the name of an inner ideal of purity against compromise with the immoral demands of family, social position, or their past. Among his best know works are Antigone and Thieves' Carnival.

These Free performances of The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower & other absurdities of Love are
July 8-25, Wednesday - Sunday at 7:30.

The production is staged environmentally in multiple locations in  Mary O'Malley Park, Commandant's Way, on the Chelsea Waterfront (Admiral's Hill).

English performances are Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Spanish performances are Fridays and Sundays.

Information/Directions: www.apollinairetheatre.com or (617) 887-2336. 

In case of rain, call (617) 887-2336 to check status. 

Apollinaire Theatre Company is celebrating its seventh season offering New England's only bilingual free summer theater in the park. Previous summer bilingual shows include Blood Wedding and The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca, The Seagull by Anton Chekhov and Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco.  Recent indoor productions at our performing arts center, the Chelsea Theatre Works, include dark play or stories for boys by Carlos Murillo and The Thugs by Adam Bock.