“I really enjoyed how the set and lighting worked to allow for the message to be portrayed. Sophomore John Bennett enjoyed the play, especially the rhinoceros costumes and exciting set design. Although he felt disgusting because of his otherness and his differences from the rhinoceroses, he realized that he was too strong to conform, and he had to stay true to his mind and heart. Berenger spoke to both the pride and shame that accompanies being different. It was a frightening portrayal of the human capacity for evil and carelessness, as it seems all of the characters except Berenger completely lost their resolve to fight for what they believe in and instead succumbed to the norm. Rhinoceroses, filled with rage and losing touch with humanity. Many chaotic images depicted by Ionesco’s words demand very tight connections among actors on stage,” Xia said.īy the end of the play, everyone except Berenger eventually transformed into In order to make sense of each line in this ‘absurd’ play, and then to deliver my interpretation to the audience in a clear way, it requires much individual dedication as well as group effort. Sophisticated play has not been easy for me. “I’m convinced that this is a genius play. He enjoyed the deeper themes of the play and appreciated the opportunity for everyone to work together to become better actors. An absurdist play addresses directly the infatuation with form at the expense of content, and I believe this is a pertinent issue today,” Giurgea said.įirst-year Haoqi Xia played the part of Gentleman in Rhinoceros. I find the play to be speaking in unmediated terms to the times of moral ambiguity we live in. As I lived in a communist country for 29 years, I’ve always been fond of Ionesco’s plays: they satirize conformism, hypocrisy and cowardice, and bring forth existential questions. “After talking to students and consulting with my colleagues in the Theaterĭepartment, I chose to direct ‘Rhinoceros’ by Ionesco in October last year. She was born in Romania and moved to the United States in 1995. Senior Lecturer in the University Theater at Colgate, Simona Giurgea, directed the play. His role showed that it was nearly impossible to try to comprehend the absurd mentality of those who joined the cause, and people drove themselves crazy trying to justify the reasons for the rhinoceros appearances. Looking deeper, it metaphorically represents the mass conversion to Nazism and fascism faced by people during the World War II era.įirst-year Steven De Vellis played the part of the logician, a man who tried to apply logic to understanding the confusion and uprising faced by the town. The play presents an onslaught of humans turning into rhinoceroses, caught up in absurd conversation around the occurrences in their daily lives. Written in 1959, “Rhinoceros” examines the life of Berenger, a man caught up in the tumult of conformity, violence and meaninglessness in his town. Movement that focused on the absurdity of the modern human condition. Ionesco was a major figure in the Theatre of the Absurd, a French dramatic From Wednesday, April 5 to Saturday, April 9, at Brehmer Theater, the Colgate Department of Theater performed Eugene Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros.”
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