Travesties by Tom Stoppard
A dazzling, fast-talking comedy where history, memory, and total absurdity collide — featuring appearances by figures like James Joyce and Vladimir Lenin. It’s sharp, chaotic, and wildly funny in a way that keeps you leaning forward the entire time.
Travesties
by Tom Stoppard
October 8 – 25, 2026
“And what did you do during the Great War, Mr. Joyce?”
“I wrote Ulysses. What did you do?”
Its 1917 and an unknown actor named Henry Carr has been cast in a production of The Importance of Being Earnest in Zurich. Among the expatriates hanging out there, James Joyce, Tristan Tzara (founder of the Dadaist art movement) and one Vladmir Lenin. Hillarity ensues.
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CREW
Directed by Flora Bare
Stage Manager – Rebecca Peace
Lighting Designer – Christopher Popowich
Costume Designer – Adrian Ewens
Tech Director – Sarah Catalano
Properties – Sam Gallup
Sound Designer – Kirk Longhofer
ME – Michael Burris
Scenic Charge – Meredith Riggan
Dramaturg – Rebecca Bossen
Dialects – Rebecca Bossen
ASMs – Alex Barr, MB Connelly, Ian Katz
ADs – Phoebe Levitsky
CAST
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It is very funny and may suggest ideas counter to your own.