The term was coined by critic Martin Esslin in his 1960 book “Theatre of the Absurd” to describe a new wave of plays that emerged in Europe in the 1940s and ’50s. These works were influenced ...

In sifting Esslin’s text, three significant plays emerge as historic steps in the development of absurd theater. The first was Ubu Roi, performed in Paris in 1896, and written by Alfred Jarry, a ...

Tuesday’s council meeting felt at times like absurdist theater, with the crowd shouting expletives at bureaucrats delivering bland statements about municipal procedure.

The theater of the absurd is thus neither a school or movement, nor a gang of post-war existentialists (to cite another label ...

Monday - Wednesdays at 7pm until August 11th, then Monday - Thursday, and some Fridays, at 7pm. May change based on ...

C atastrophic Theatre’s annual original summer musical has returned for its 29th year, running now through August 2. Produced ...