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Rhinoceros

by Eugène Ionesco
Directed by Sanhawich Meateanuwat

graphic of rhinoceros with human features

Performances

Westhoff Theatre
February 17-19 at 7:30 p.m.
February 19 & 20 at 2:00 p.m.

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Synopsis

The sublime is confused with the ridiculous in this savage commentary on the human condition, a staple of every theatre classroom and 20th century drama. A small town is besieged by one roaring citizen who becomes a rhinoceros and proceeds to trample on the social order. As more citizens are transformed into rhinoceroses, the trampling becomes overwhelming, and more and more citizens become rhinoceroses. One sane man, Berenger, remains, unable to change his form and identity.