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. One sane man, Berenger, remains, unable to change his form and identity. The sublime is confused with the ridiculous in this savage commentary on the human condition.
About the Show
Cast & Creatives
Additional Creatives & Support
Assistant Director Rachel Rosenberg
Production Stage Manager Allen Sager
Assistant Stage Manager Sadie Baran
Production Assistant Gianna Jones
Fight Captain Allen Sager
Production Manager Oliver Wason
Technical Director Meredith Yoho
Asst. Technical Director Owen Chadbourne
Asst. Scenic Designer Maren Leyva
Props Coordinator Colleen Callahan
Props Manager Wyatt Ruggiero
Props Asst. Ryan Deleo, Kaley Melillo
Scenic Charge Maren Leyva
Asst. Scenic Charge Ethan Roy
Costume Shop Manager Hilary Oak
Asst. to Costume Designer Brianna Twerdy
Wardrobe Head Mariah Cotes
Wardrobe Crew Francesca Del Gardo, Sebastian Martelle, Sora Matta, Kayla Haentjens
A1/A2 Kaylee Garcia
Co-Master Carpenter Jess Ragucci, Nora Watson
Run Crew Kayla Navarro, Levi Nechitilo
Lighting Coordinator Kori Hansen
Master Electrician James King
Video Engineer George LaChance
Dramaturgs Rachel Rosenberg, Jackson Owen, Joni Manaj, Oiara Quichiz
Videographer Kevin Geraghty
Marketing Publicity Eric Gomez
Producing Artistic Director Justin P. Cowan
The CAST
Partner 1 Jake Stemmer
Partner 2 Lucy Neel
Waitress Stevie Rain Bennett
Proprietor Zachary Simmons
Grocer* Trevor Howard, Bryan Dean Reimertz
Grocer’s Wife Willa Voorhis
Housewife* Asia Aloma, Adele Maria
Logician Ethan Roy
Old Man Isaac Wayne Motes
Jean Jackson Owen
Mrs. Boeuf Sofia Zizolfo-Gonzalez
Daisy* Asia Aloma, Adele Maria
Berenger Joni Manaj
Dudard Ethan Roy
Botard Ethan W. Doyle
Papillon* Trevor Howard, Bryan Dean Reimertz
Fire Fighter Willa Voorhis
Understudies Trevor Howard, Jake Stemmer, Zachary Simmons, Bryan Dean Reimertz, Emily Sullivan, Olivia Renée-Anne, Lucy Neel, Ingrid Opdahl.
*Please note that this show is double cast. The performance schedule is as follows:
CAST UNICORN: April 17, 19, 25
Daisy Asia Aloma
Housewife Adele Maria
Papillion Bryan Dean Reimertz
CAST BICORN: April 18, 24, 26
Daisy Adele Maria
Housewife Asia Aloma
Papillion Trevor Howard
The CREATIVES
Playwright Eugène Ionesco
Translation Derek Prouse
Director Sal Trapani
Scenic Design Maureen Freedman
Lighting Design Evan Anderson
Costume Design Kiyoshi Shaw
Sound Design Arielle Edwards Bennett, Ben Warner
Community Conversation
Join us on April 25th directly following the 2pm matinee performance of Rhinoceros for our Community Conversation with the director, student dramaturgs, and special guest, Professor JC Barone.
JC has been an active producer/director/educator for over 20 years. He received the Connecticut State University System-wide Teaching Award (2014) and he was awarded a Faculty Fellowship at the Television Academy in Los Angeles (2015). His documentary on WWII hero Major “Doc” Brown screened at seven film festivals (2018-2019) and won a Telly Award. His latest documentary on artist, writer, feminist Kate Millett is exhibiting at the Dorsky Museum of Art, fall 2021.
JC’s students took 1st and 2nd place for three years in live Multicamera Studio Production at the BEA competition’s Festival of Media Arts in Las Vegas in 2015, 2016, and 2020, placing in the top 5% nationally. Media Arts students also have been awarded National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Boston/New England Student Production Awards.
Running Time
This production runs approximately 135 minutes.
Content Advisory
WestRep does not typically offer advisories about subject matter; however, we acknowledge that sensitivities vary from person to person, so If you would like to read the content advisory for the show, click the “Details” arrow below.
Details
This production contains coarse language and adult themes, including references to political extremism and fascism.
Community Conversation
Join us on April 25th directly following the 2pm matinee performance of Rhinoceros for our Community Conversation with the director, student dramaturgs, and special guest, Professor JC Barone.
JC has been an active producer/director/educator for over 20 years. He received the Connecticut State University System-wide Teaching Award (2014) and he was awarded a Faculty Fellowship at the Television Academy in Los Angeles (2015). His documentary on WWII hero Major “Doc” Brown screened at seven film festivals (2018-2019) and won a Telly Award. His latest documentary on artist, writer, feminist Kate Millett is exhibiting at the Dorsky Museum of Art, fall 2021.
JC’s students took 1st and 2nd place for three years in live Multicamera Studio Production at the BEA competition’s Festival of Media Arts in Las Vegas in 2015, 2016, and 2020, placing in the top 5% nationally. Media Arts students also have been awarded National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Boston/New England Student Production Awards.
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Running Time
This production runs approximately 135 minutes.
Content Advisory
WestRep does not typically offer advisories about subject matter; however, we acknowledge that sensitivities vary from person to person, so If you would like to read the content advisory for the show, click the “Details” arrow below.
Details
This production contains coarse language and adult themes, including references to political extremism and fascism.
