Theater in the Raw

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The second night of the Fireside Festival was “Victoriana” by Jason Sebacher, a fantastically audacious and, in the first act, nearly perfect piece of absurdism. Think “The Aristocrats” as told by Ionesco. Once in the first act, and again in the second, “Victoriana” stopped my heart with the delicious sensation of “I can’t believe I’m watching this on a stage.” In the talkback, a woman in the audience began “I’m a trained sexologist...” and there wasn’t anyone in the room who didn’t want to hear how she was going to finish that sentence.

The Fireside Festival continues tonight (September 29) with “Thorstein the Staff-Struck: A Tale from the Icelandic Sagas,” by Russ Schwartz, and September 30, “The War Since Eve,” by Kim Carney. Pay what you can—suggested ticket price $10.

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[Originally published in September, 2009.]