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PALE IDIOT

a sneaky dark comedy by Kirk Lynn

October 10 - 26, 1996 at The Auditorium on Waller Creek

Directed by Kirsten Kern

Featuring:

Roxy Becker
Madge Darlington
Jeff Garrett
Kurt Kern
Lana Lesley
Robert Newell

"nothing to fear and nothing to look forward to"

THE SCOOP

A wickedly funny and provocative dark comedy, PALE IDIOT begins on the outskirts of a town with a problem: they have an idiot in their midst that is threatening social order and a Health Inspector is on his way to investigate and eradicate. The Idiot and all those who might be "infected" have been quaratined to be tested by the Health Inspector. The "Idiot Test" is the real center of this play -- each level is a mad linguistic and physical hurdle where the answers are right but the questions are somehow wrong. PALE IDIOT is a psychological drama Foucault might have written if he had seen more Jerry Lewis films. It investigates oppressive power structures and offers some daring possibilties for their removal. And all of it builds to a point absurdists don't often reach -- closure, and closure of both a magical and apocalyptic sort.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

Won "Outstanding Original Script" from The 1996 B. Iden Payne Awards.

"A strong opening production from a new company, the tale of the "Pale Idiot" passes the IQ and entertainment tests:
-- Jamie Smith, The Austin American - Statesman

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