The IRC’s Mission is to bring classic absurdist theatre to an international audience in the Philadelphia region. These rarely-produced, renowned plays explore and illuminate the human purpose and meaning, promoting reflection about the human condition in a contemporary world.

We are committed to producing intelligent, thought-provoking experiences featuring performances that are ironic, humorous, buoyant and infectious. The content is designed to displace and transform the audience’s perspective, using text and language as one piece of a sensory experience that illustrates and wrestles with ideas that words alone cannot convey.

The IRC experience is an exciting and challenging journey for seekers from all walks of life on multiple platforms: philosophical, psychological, physical and spiritual. Our dedicated group of artists invites you to explore with us these questions and share the word with friends; since 2006, a loyal IRC audience has been built largely through word of mouth.

PRODUCTIONS 2006

Three One Acts: Albee, Beckett & Ionesco 2007

Victims of Duty by Eugène Ionesco Four of a Kind: Pinter, Durang, Beckett & Ionesco

2008 Oh! For the Love of Love!: Durang, Beckett & Ionesco

A Streetcar Named Durang: The Parodies of Christopher Durang 2009

The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco The Chairs by Eugne Ionesco

2010 The Gnädiges Fraulien by Tennessee Willliams The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux

2011 The Empire Builders by Boris Vian

The Arsonists (The Firebugs) by Max Frisch 2012

Marriage: An Utterly Improbable Occurrence by Nikolai Gogol Ivona, Princess of Burgundia by Witold Gombrowicz

2013 Paradise Park by Charles L. Mee

The Castle by Franz Kafka 2014

Ondine by Jean Giraudoux Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco

A Streetcar Named Durang by Christopher Durang 2015

Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco

2016 The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol

The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt

Produced with special permission from The Onion, America's Finest News Source

May, 2015

Welcome to the IRC Funhouse of Big Ideas and Controlled Insanity. Your ticket purchase today will help produce Exit the King, a hilariously operatic gem by one of the leaders of the absurdist movement, that earned actor Geoffrey Rush a Tony Award for his role as King Berenger in the 2009 Broadway production. Like Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco is aging well. His writing sparkles with relevance, for he paid no mind to the social response to his work. He directed his intelligence and his art towards simple things - death and loneliness - and he wrote about them with a keen eye, a hilarity and a clarity that earned him a reputation as a fiercely difficult playwright. In his 1958 review of a revival of Ionesco's play The Chairs, English critic Kenneth Tynan accused Ionesco of turning his back on reality. "M. Ionesco certainly offers an 'escape from realism': but an escape into what? A blind alley, perhaps... [his] theatre is pungent and exciting, but it remains a diversion. It is not on the main road." Ionesco's reply prompted a storm of controversy: "When my lieutenant and my boss are back in their homes, alone in their rooms, they could, for example, just like me, being outside the social order, be as afraid of death as I am, have the same dreams and nightmares, and having stripped off their social personality, suddenly find themselves naked, like a body stretched out on the sand, amazed to be there and amazed at their own amazement, amazed at their own awareness as they are confronted with the immense ocean of the infinite, alone in the brilliant, inconceivable and indisputable sunlight of existence. And it is then that my general or my boss can be identified with me. It is in our solitude that we can all be reunited." As we head in to this election year, with right and left ideologies collapsing into an explosive cacophony of words apparently communicating something, it strikes one that Ionesco's dark but surprisingly joyous vision was more prescient than was accepted in his time.

Tina Brock Producing Artistic Director

The Raw Onion Revival!

That’s Not Funny, My Brother Died That Way

The Plumbing Business is Not as Glamorous as the Porn Industry Depicts

I Don’t Support Feminism if it Means Murdering All Men

Owning a Cat is a Great Way to Meet Women Who Magically

Appear in Your Living Room

I Bet I Can Speak Spanish

Please Make Yourself at Home While I Silently Count Down The Minutes Until You Leave

Unlock Your Employees’ Profit Potential with an

Improv-Comedy Workshop!

My Hot Dog Cart is Undermanned

I Think That Stripper Really Liked Me

Watch Me Sleep My Way to the Top of the Glendale Homeowner's Association

I’m an ENTJ, Destroyer of Worlds

Your Ignorance of Classic Horror Leaves You Woefully

Unqualified to Run This Haunted House

What, No Coat?

Inconveniencing Others Makes Me Feel Alive

Why Can’t I Sell Any of These F@%cking Bibles?

SPECIAL THANKS The Onion: America's Finest News Source (www.theonion.com)

Baylor Harton Ben Doranz

Eileen Cunniffe Leslie, Jim and David at L’Etage

The Samuel S. Fels Fund The Charlotte Cushman Foundation

The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium

Board of Directors

Susan Feagin - President Tina Brock - Vice President

Alyson Filippone, CPA - Treasurer Bill Brock

Erica Hoelscher Kirsten Quinn Bob Schmidt Earl Wilcox

Advisory Committee Ben Doranz, Strategic Plan Consultant

Ken Berman, Esq., Legal Consultant Gail Furman

Robin Rodriguez

PO Box 63872 Philadelphia, PA 19147

www.IdiopathicRidiculopathyConsortium.org

The Raw Onion Revival!

David Stanger as Dave Helger

John D'Alonzo as Lyle Chester

Patricia Durante as Katherine Adams

Steve Lippe as Ryan Nix

Andrew Carroll as Bert Limbic

Kristen Norine as Andrea Boyle

Gil Johnson as Matt Litton

Pat Roche as Charlie Franke

Liam Castellan as Frank Voss

Michelle Pauls as Denise Broadhagen

Jennifer MacMillan as Sarah Alford

Tomas Dura as Larry Gronzic

Jessica Foley as A Coat

Mark Knight as Paul Hale

Bill Rayhill as Edwin Chidress

Directed by Tina Brock

David Stanger

Stage Manager/Lights and Sound Operator Mark Williams

Ways and Means Coordinator

Bob Schmidt

Running time is 70 minutes.

CAST

Andrew Carroll (Bert Limbic) loves the IRC, to begin with. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the bio he's about to relate. With the IRC, he's loved fairies in Ondine, had a dalliance or two with Durang, and thrown a good handful of fits in Misalliance. If you find his work groovy, come check out Noises Off over at Curio Theatre Company (running currently) or check back in with the IRC in February to see him tackle Gogol's The Government Inspector. Love to Tina,

Bob, Jenn, and the hoarde of wee beasties.

Liam Castellan (Frank Voss) has lost count of how many "Onion" fundraisers he's performed at. He loves this stuff. Acting credits include The Arsonists and a few shorts with IRC, Sense & Sensibility and other roles at Hedgerow, and thirteen roles with Curio Theatre. Directing credits include Hedgerow, Curio, PDC, Walking Fish, and Plays & Players. He will pursue an MFA in Directing at Indiana University, beginning in August. www.liamcastellan.com

John D'Alonzo (Lyle Chester) is very honored to be working with the IRC again! Previous productions include Misalliance, The Gnädiges Fraulein, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Arsonists, Marriage, two Raw Onions, Impassioned Embraces, Ivona, Princess of Burgundia, Paradise Park and The Castle. John would like to thank Tina, the Cast, the Crew, Lauren, Alexander, Family, Friends and You for supporting the Arts. 

Tomas Dura (Larry Gronzic) has toured Europe, Canada and the U.S. and has appeared in film, video and television. He is best known as a flamenco dancer in addition to being an actor, musician and fire eater. He worked with the great flamenco dancer, Jose Greco, for 8 years, frequently serving as assistant during Mr. Greco's last years. He dances in the movie, Cafe, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, and has worked in the films Smoke and Mirrors (director K. Hardy), Loneliness (director M. Zubarev) and About Angels

(Zubarev). In 2007 Tomas performed solo with the Philadelphia

2015 SEASON CONTRIBUTORS

($1000.00 and above) Wyncote Foundation

The Samuel S. Fels Fund The Philadelphia Cultural Fund

The Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National

Endowment for the Arts, with support also provided by PECO and administered regionally by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia The Charlotte Cushman Foundation

($500.00 - $999.99) Andy Lamas & Ginny Vanderslice Christa Williford

($250.00 - $499.99) Anonymous Paul Rathblott & Carol Saline Benjamin Doranz Susan Zawislak Stephen Field

($100.00 - $249.99) Fred Allen Barfoot Debra Miller & Ray Costello Pat and Stacey Bishop Dr. Steve Peitzman Noel Carroll & Sally Banes Stephen Platt & Robin Schaufler Susan Coleman James Pritchett Norman and Carolyn Ellman Kirsten Quinn & Ari Benjamin Bank Gail Furman Carla Sarett Mary L. Goldman & Debbie Weiner Bob and Pat Schmidt Geri Lincoln & Gordon Bermant Dr. Robert J. Wallner

Askold Zagars & Marie Feehan

($50.00 - $99.99) Jonathan Burton Michael Lynch Deborah Curtiss John and Dorothy McElwee Jesse Delaney David Penkower John D'Alonzo Thomas and Kathleen Quinn Roseann Gill Christopher & Jennifer Rule Roberta Kangilaski Bertram and Lynne Strieb

Dr. Stephen & Mrs. Johnne Tint

($1.00 - $49.99) Lee Arnold Michael and Barbara Lefkoe John and Alberta Chiaravalloti Margaret Lonzetta Henrik Eger Jane Moore Gertrude D. Furman Lee Saldinger Jean R. Haskell Lois Shestack Fred Jackes & Judy Adamsom Mark Szybist Moe and Sandy Lebo Lori Walsh

David Stanger (Dave Helger, Co-Director The Raw Onion Revival!) feels great to be back with the IRC! Most recently seen as Johnny in Misalliance. Also with the IRC: Rhinoceros (Jean), The Castle (K), Ivona, Princess of Burgundia (Prince Phillip) and Marriage (Kochkaryov). Elsewhere in Philadelphia: The Arden, The Walnut, Flashpoint Theater and Luna Theater Company to name a few. Don't forget to check out Exit the King in this upcoming Fringe Fest! Thanks to Tina and this

wonderful gang of absurdists. Love to Kristen.

CREW Tina Brock (IRC Producing Artistic Director)Directing projects: George Bernard Shaw’s Misalliance; Eugène Ionesco’s Rhinoceros; Franz Kafka’s The Castle; Charles Mee’s Paradise Park; Witold Gombrowicz’s Ivona, Princess of Burgundia; Nikolai Gogol’s Marriage: An Utterly Improbable Occurrence in Two Acts; Max Frisch’s The Arsonists, Boris Vian’s The Empire Builders, Jean Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot, Eugène Ionesco's The Chairs, The Lesson, Frenzy for Two, Foursome, The Leader and Victims of Duty; Samuel Beckett's Ohio Impromptu, Catastrophe, and Come and Go; Edward Albee's The Sandbox; Harold Pinter’s Trouble in the Works; Christopher Durang’s Wanda’s Visit, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls, Desire Desire Desire, A Stye of the Eye and The Actor’s Nightmare, and Tennessee Williams' The Gnädiges Fraulein. Tina studied Journalism and Dance at University of Maryland; Speech Communication at West Chester University, and Graduate work in Psychology, Rutgers University. She has worked as a freelance producer and writer, and in the Development and Public Information departments at PBS affiliate WHYY-TV12. Happy to celebrate g a banner year of IRC progress thanks to Ben Doranz, Eileen Cunniffe + The Arts & Business Council of Philadelphia, hooray for volunteerism + resources to forge ahead. Thank you, the powers that be @ The Onion, America’s Finest News Source, for the continued hilarity and permission to bring the writing to life. #absurdityforlife

Mark Williams (Stage Manager/Light and Sound Operator) Mark is multi-disciplinary Theatre Artist working in the Philadelphia-South Jersey region. He currently studies Design/Technical Theatre at Rowan University, with Television/Film Production as his secondary major. Mark loves working as a Props Master, hunting or building various knick-knacks for stage, and working with the design team. He would like to thank his family, teachers, and mentors for their continued support in his career.

Orchestra to a sold out house at the Kimmel Center in his own choreography of the Spanish Dance from Swan Lake. Tomas has collaborated with artists like Flamenco Ole, Kei Takei's Moving Earth and the Wilma Theater. He is the director and lead male dancer of Fiesta Flamenco Dancers and is choreographer in residence with the Amici Opera Co. He teaches flamenco dance classes in grade schools, high schools, colleges and public community centers. Tomas has previously appeared with IRC in Ohio Impromptu, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Empire Builders, The Arsonists, Marriage, Ivona, Princess of Burgundia, Paradise Park, The Castle and Rhinoceros.

Patricia Durante (Katherine Adams) is a graduate of the American Music and Dramatic Academy in New York; has studied at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London; and at Weist Barron Studios, New York. Patricia received a “NJ Tony Award” for Best Actress in a Play, for her portrayal of Lotty in Enchanted April (The Women’s Theatre Company, Parsippany NJ). European and National Tours: Evita, The Secret Garden, Superstars, Live!! Recent Regional and Other Professional Theatres:

Effy - The Spitfire Grill (Skylight Opera, Milwaukee, WI.) Barbara - It’s Your Mother (Manhattan Repertory Theatre, NYC) Agnes - Dancing At Lughnasa (Lantern Theatre, Chicago, IL) Olivia - Twelfth Night (Door Shakespeare, Door County, WI.) and the three-in-one role of Pamela/Annabella/Margaret in The 39 Steps (Tristate Actors’ Theater, Newton NJ). Patricia has performed with StudentsLIVE Broadway educational programs, and with the award-winning Pushcart Players (TYA). Patricia is a professional singer with several bands and as a solo cabaret artist. Find her CD, Just Some Favorites, on iTunes, amazon.com and CDbaby.com . Patricia directs and can be seen and heard on many commercials. Proud member of Actor’s Equity.

Jessica Foley (A Coat) is a theater critic, the Foley, behind Foley Got Comped. She has written for Philadelphia Weekly, South Philly Review, Phindie, and Geekadelphia. As an actress, Foley, was lucky to perform at Surf Reality before it closed in Manhattan’s Lower East side and the Purple Rose Theater Company in Chelsea, Michigan. Her local credits include: Elma in Montgomery Theater’s production of Bus Stop, Charlotte in Night of the Iguana (South Camden Theater Company), Woman in Plant/Flower

(Walking Fish Theater) and her own self-conceived solo show Negative Space (Painted Bride). Jessica studied acting at F.H. Laguardia High School of Performing Arts, HB Studios, received her BA in Drama Studies from SUNY Purchase, and is psyched to be here tonight.

Gil Johnson (Matt Litton) is a full-time theatre professional. (Please feed him). Recent appearances include Hans Dohnanyi in Beacon Theatre Productions' Bonhoeffer's Cost and a Kuroko in Plays and Players' Hold These Truths. Now he's here, on stage. Stop reading this bio and look at him. Upcoming projects include playing Claudio in Mechanical Theatre's Much Ado About Nothing and John in Melissa McBain's Altar Call, founding the Mayfly Theatre Collective, and assistant directing

Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium's Exit The King, which will be glorious.

Mark Knight (Paul Hale) is a great deal older than he looks, even though he looks dreadful. He has appeared in over 343 stage plays as well as on radio & TV. He has toured the UK & Europe & is a playwright, producer & director. He's British & can't - sorry - doesn't go back there much. He was resident Actor/Teacher/Manager at Shakespeare's Globe Education Department, London and toured internationally on the Globe's behalf for years. Then they found him out. He now lives in Philadelphia and

is a permanent legal alien. They'll let him back in the UK one day but don't hold your breath."

Steve Lippe (Ryan Nix) is too smart to be an idiot, too dumb to be a savant.

Jennifer MacMillan (Sarah Alford) is thrilled to be lending her energies to this silly endeavor with the fine folks at the IRC! Jenn holds a BFA in acting from The University of the Arts where she is also a Lecturer, and is the Artistic Director of Bright Invention: The White Pines Ensemble. Recent favorite credits include Fair Maid of the West with the Philadelphia Artists Collective, the world premiere of Dream House with Plays and Players, The Exit

Interview at InterAct, and Raw Stitch for the Philly Fringe. Next up:

Kristen Norine (Andrea Boyle) is thrilled to make her Onion debut with the IRC. She has worked with the IRC, Simpatico Theatre Project, Apocalypse Club, White Pines as part of Bright Invention, Plays and Players, The Arden Theatre, and others. Upcoming: The Unfound Nudibranch in SoLow Fest, Damn Dirty Apes with Renegade Theatre Company in Fringe 2015, and the best event of all - marrying David in 2016.

Michelle Pauls (Denise Broadhagen) is an actor, director, singer, playwright and theatre arts educator. Recent regional acting credits include Living in Exile: A Retelling of The Iliad, The Toughest Boy In Philadelphia, Buried Child, Moby Dick – Rehearsed, Express Tracks, Til Divorce Do Us Part. Michelle has a starring role in the feature film, Deadly Gamble, soon to be available on Netflix. She is a proud company member of Bright Invention – The White Pines Ensemble, a long form

improvisation company. In June she will perform her solo show for the SoLow Festival. Michelle lives and works with the writer/director Stan Heleva, their daughter, Astrid and their seven pets above their theatre, The Walking Fish in the New Kensington section of Philadelphia. http://paulsmichelle.wix.com/michellewebsite

Bill Rayhill (Edwin Childress) has been bouncing around the Philadelphia theater community for the last 21 years with a couple of Barrymore Awards along the way. He has worked with various theater companies including Theatre Exile, InterAct, Simpatico, New City Stage, South Camden Theater Company and Iron Age Theatre. Bill will next be seen in Theatre Exile's Rizzo Project in September 2015. Love to Rajal and Dalia. For my Mom, Marie.

Pat Roche (Charlie Franke) is delighted to be playing Charlie the Hot Dog vendor for the Raw Onion. Pat played Sarge in the musical Hungry. He also appeared in Savage in Limbo, playing the part of Murk the bartender for FUNctional Theater. Pat has been a professional DJ entertainer for the last 30 years, providing music and entertainment all over the Delaware Valley!

developing and directing 10 new pieces for SoLow Fest. Many thanks to Tina and David and much love to Andrew.

Gil Johnson (Matt Litton) is a full-time theatre professional. (Please feed him). Recent appearances include Hans Dohnanyi in Beacon Theatre Productions' Bonhoeffer's Cost and a Kuroko in Plays and Players' Hold These Truths. Now he's here, on stage. Stop reading this bio and look at him. Upcoming projects include playing Claudio in Mechanical Theatre's Much Ado About Nothing and John in Melissa McBain's Altar Call, founding the Mayfly Theatre Collective, and assistant directing

Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium's Exit The King, which will be glorious.

Mark Knight (Paul Hale) is a great deal older than he looks, even though he looks dreadful. He has appeared in over 343 stage plays as well as on radio & TV. He has toured the UK & Europe & is a playwright, producer & director. He's British & can't - sorry - doesn't go back there much. He was resident Actor/Teacher/Manager at Shakespeare's Globe Education Department, London and toured internationally on the Globe's behalf for years. Then they found him out. He now lives in Philadelphia and

is a permanent legal alien. They'll let him back in the UK one day but don't hold your breath."

Steve Lippe (Ryan Nix) is too smart to be an idiot, too dumb to be a savant.

Jennifer MacMillan (Sarah Alford) is thrilled to be lending her energies to this silly endeavor with the fine folks at the IRC! Jenn holds a BFA in acting from The University of the Arts where she is also a Lecturer, and is the Artistic Director of Bright Invention: The White Pines Ensemble. Recent favorite credits include Fair Maid of the West with the Philadelphia Artists Collective, the world premiere of Dream House with Plays and Players, The Exit

Interview at InterAct, and Raw Stitch for the Philly Fringe. Next up:

Kristen Norine (Andrea Boyle) is thrilled to make her Onion debut with the IRC. She has worked with the IRC, Simpatico Theatre Project, Apocalypse Club, White Pines as part of Bright Invention, Plays and Players, The Arden Theatre, and others. Upcoming: The Unfound Nudibranch in SoLow Fest, Damn Dirty Apes with Renegade Theatre Company in Fringe 2015, and the best event of all - marrying David in 2016.

Michelle Pauls (Denise Broadhagen) is an actor, director, singer, playwright and theatre arts educator. Recent regional acting credits include Living in Exile: A Retelling of The Iliad, The Toughest Boy In Philadelphia, Buried Child, Moby Dick – Rehearsed, Express Tracks, Til Divorce Do Us Part. Michelle has a starring role in the feature film, Deadly Gamble, soon to be available on Netflix. She is a proud company member of Bright Invention – The White Pines Ensemble, a long form

improvisation company. In June she will perform her solo show for the SoLow Festival. Michelle lives and works with the writer/director Stan Heleva, their daughter, Astrid and their seven pets above their theatre, The Walking Fish in the New Kensington section of Philadelphia. http://paulsmichelle.wix.com/michellewebsite

Bill Rayhill (Edwin Childress) has been bouncing around the Philadelphia theater community for the last 21 years with a couple of Barrymore Awards along the way. He has worked with various theater companies including Theatre Exile, InterAct, Simpatico, New City Stage, South Camden Theater Company and Iron Age Theatre. Bill will next be seen in Theatre Exile's Rizzo Project in September 2015. Love to Rajal and Dalia. For my Mom, Marie.

Pat Roche (Charlie Franke) is delighted to be playing Charlie the Hot Dog vendor for the Raw Onion. Pat played Sarge in the musical Hungry. He also appeared in Savage in Limbo, playing the part of Murk the bartender for FUNctional Theater. Pat has been a professional DJ entertainer for the last 30 years, providing music and entertainment all over the Delaware Valley!

developing and directing 10 new pieces for SoLow Fest. Many thanks to Tina and David and much love to Andrew.

David Stanger (Dave Helger, Co-Director The Raw Onion Revival!) feels great to be back with the IRC! Most recently seen as Johnny in Misalliance. Also with the IRC: Rhinoceros (Jean), The Castle (K), Ivona, Princess of Burgundia (Prince Phillip) and Marriage (Kochkaryov). Elsewhere in Philadelphia: The Arden, The Walnut, Flashpoint Theater and Luna Theater Company to name a few. Don't forget to check out Exit the King in this upcoming Fringe Fest! Thanks to Tina and this

wonderful gang of absurdists. Love to Kristen.

CREW Tina Brock (IRC Producing Artistic Director)Directing projects: George Bernard Shaw’s Misalliance; Eugène Ionesco’s Rhinoceros; Franz Kafka’s The Castle; Charles Mee’s Paradise Park; Witold Gombrowicz’s Ivona, Princess of Burgundia; Nikolai Gogol’s Marriage: An Utterly Improbable Occurrence in Two Acts; Max Frisch’s The Arsonists, Boris Vian’s The Empire Builders, Jean Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot, Eugène Ionesco's The Chairs, The Lesson, Frenzy for Two, Foursome, The Leader and Victims of Duty; Samuel Beckett's Ohio Impromptu, Catastrophe, and Come and Go; Edward Albee's The Sandbox; Harold Pinter’s Trouble in the Works; Christopher Durang’s Wanda’s Visit, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls, Desire Desire Desire, A Stye of the Eye and The Actor’s Nightmare, and Tennessee Williams' The Gnädiges Fraulein. Tina studied Journalism and Dance at University of Maryland; Speech Communication at West Chester University, and Graduate work in Psychology, Rutgers University. She has worked as a freelance producer and writer, and in the Development and Public Information departments at PBS affiliate WHYY-TV12. Happy to celebrate g a banner year of IRC progress thanks to Ben Doranz, Eileen Cunniffe + The Arts & Business Council of Philadelphia, hooray for volunteerism + resources to forge ahead. Thank you, the powers that be @ The Onion, America’s Finest News Source, for the continued hilarity and permission to bring the writing to life. #absurdityforlife

Mark Williams (Stage Manager/Light and Sound Operator) Mark is multi-disciplinary Theatre Artist working in the Philadelphia-South Jersey region. He currently studies Design/Technical Theatre at Rowan University, with Television/Film Production as his secondary major. Mark loves working as a Props Master, hunting or building various knick-knacks for stage, and working with the design team. He would like to thank his family, teachers, and mentors for their continued support in his career.

Orchestra to a sold out house at the Kimmel Center in his own choreography of the Spanish Dance from Swan Lake. Tomas has collaborated with artists like Flamenco Ole, Kei Takei's Moving Earth and the Wilma Theater. He is the director and lead male dancer of Fiesta Flamenco Dancers and is choreographer in residence with the Amici Opera Co. He teaches flamenco dance classes in grade schools, high schools, colleges and public community centers. Tomas has previously appeared with IRC in Ohio Impromptu, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Empire Builders, The Arsonists, Marriage, Ivona, Princess of Burgundia, Paradise Park, The Castle and Rhinoceros.

Patricia Durante (Katherine Adams) is a graduate of the American Music and Dramatic Academy in New York; has studied at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London; and at Weist Barron Studios, New York. Patricia received a “NJ Tony Award” for Best Actress in a Play, for her portrayal of Lotty in Enchanted April (The Women’s Theatre Company, Parsippany NJ). European and National Tours: Evita, The Secret Garden, Superstars, Live!! Recent Regional and Other Professional Theatres:

Effy - The Spitfire Grill (Skylight Opera, Milwaukee, WI.) Barbara - It’s Your Mother (Manhattan Repertory Theatre, NYC) Agnes - Dancing At Lughnasa (Lantern Theatre, Chicago, IL) Olivia - Twelfth Night (Door Shakespeare, Door County, WI.) and the three-in-one role of Pamela/Annabella/Margaret in The 39 Steps (Tristate Actors’ Theater, Newton NJ). Patricia has performed with StudentsLIVE Broadway educational programs, and with the award-winning Pushcart Players (TYA). Patricia is a professional singer with several bands and as a solo cabaret artist. Find her CD, Just Some Favorites, on iTunes, amazon.com and CDbaby.com . Patricia directs and can be seen and heard on many commercials. Proud member of Actor’s Equity.

Jessica Foley (A Coat) is a theater critic, the Foley, behind Foley Got Comped. She has written for Philadelphia Weekly, South Philly Review, Phindie, and Geekadelphia. As an actress, Foley, was lucky to perform at Surf Reality before it closed in Manhattan’s Lower East side and the Purple Rose Theater Company in Chelsea, Michigan. Her local credits include: Elma in Montgomery Theater’s production of Bus Stop, Charlotte in Night of the Iguana (South Camden Theater Company), Woman in Plant/Flower

(Walking Fish Theater) and her own self-conceived solo show Negative Space (Painted Bride). Jessica studied acting at F.H. Laguardia High School of Performing Arts, HB Studios, received her BA in Drama Studies from SUNY Purchase, and is psyched to be here tonight.

SPECIAL THANKS The Onion: America's Finest News Source (www.theonion.com)

Baylor Harton Ben Doranz

Eileen Cunniffe Leslie, Jim and David at L’Etage

The Samuel S. Fels Fund The Charlotte Cushman Foundation

The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium

Board of Directors

Susan Feagin - President Tina Brock - Vice President

Alyson Filippone, CPA - Treasurer Bill Brock

Erica Hoelscher Kirsten Quinn Bob Schmidt Earl Wilcox

Advisory Committee Ben Doranz, Strategic Plan Consultant

Ken Berman, Esq., Legal Consultant Gail Furman

Robin Rodriguez

PO Box 63872 Philadelphia, PA 19147

www.IdiopathicRidiculopathyConsortium.org

The Raw Onion Revival!

David Stanger as Dave Helger

John D'Alonzo as Lyle Chester

Patricia Durante as Katherine Adams

Steve Lippe as Ryan Nix

Andrew Carroll as Bert Limbic

Kristen Norine as Andrea Boyle

Gil Johnson as Matt Litton

Pat Roche as Charlie Franke

Liam Castellan as Frank Voss

Michelle Pauls as Denise Broadhagen

Jennifer MacMillan as Sarah Alford

Tomas Dura as Larry Gronzic

Jessica Foley as A Coat

Mark Knight as Paul Hale

Bill Rayhill as Edwin Chidress

Directed by Tina Brock

David Stanger

Stage Manager/Lights and Sound Operator Mark Williams

Ways and Means Coordinator

Bob Schmidt

Running time is 70 minutes.

CAST

Andrew Carroll (Bert Limbic) loves the IRC, to begin with. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the bio he's about to relate. With the IRC, he's loved fairies in Ondine, had a dalliance or two with Durang, and thrown a good handful of fits in Misalliance. If you find his work groovy, come check out Noises Off over at Curio Theatre Company (running currently) or check back in with the IRC in February to see him tackle Gogol's The Government Inspector. Love to Tina,

Bob, Jenn, and the hoarde of wee beasties.

Liam Castellan (Frank Voss) has lost count of how many "Onion" fundraisers he's performed at. He loves this stuff. Acting credits include The Arsonists and a few shorts with IRC, Sense & Sensibility and other roles at Hedgerow, and thirteen roles with Curio Theatre. Directing credits include Hedgerow, Curio, PDC, Walking Fish, and Plays & Players. He will pursue an MFA in Directing at Indiana University, beginning in August. www.liamcastellan.com

John D'Alonzo (Lyle Chester) is very honored to be working with the IRC again! Previous productions include Misalliance, The Gnädiges Fraulein, The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Arsonists, Marriage, two Raw Onions, Impassioned Embraces, Ivona, Princess of Burgundia, Paradise Park and The Castle. John would like to thank Tina, the Cast, the Crew, Lauren, Alexander, Family, Friends and You for supporting the Arts. 

Tomas Dura (Larry Gronzic) has toured Europe, Canada and the U.S. and has appeared in film, video and television. He is best known as a flamenco dancer in addition to being an actor, musician and fire eater. He worked with the great flamenco dancer, Jose Greco, for 8 years, frequently serving as assistant during Mr. Greco's last years. He dances in the movie, Cafe, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, and has worked in the films Smoke and Mirrors (director K. Hardy), Loneliness (director M. Zubarev) and About Angels

(Zubarev). In 2007 Tomas performed solo with the Philadelphia

2015 SEASON CONTRIBUTORS

($1000.00 and above) Wyncote Foundation

The Samuel S. Fels Fund The Philadelphia Cultural Fund

The Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National

Endowment for the Arts, with support also provided by PECO and administered regionally by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia The Charlotte Cushman Foundation

($500.00 - $999.99) Andy Lamas & Ginny Vanderslice Christa Williford

($250.00 - $499.99) Anonymous Paul Rathblott & Carol Saline Benjamin Doranz Susan Zawislak Stephen Field

($100.00 - $249.99) Fred Allen Barfoot Debra Miller & Ray Costello Pat and Stacey Bishop Dr. Steve Peitzman Noel Carroll & Sally Banes Stephen Platt & Robin Schaufler Susan Coleman James Pritchett Norman and Carolyn Ellman Kirsten Quinn & Ari Benjamin Bank Gail Furman Carla Sarett Mary L. Goldman & Debbie Weiner Bob and Pat Schmidt Geri Lincoln & Gordon Bermant Dr. Robert J. Wallner

Askold Zagars & Marie Feehan

($50.00 - $99.99) Jonathan Burton Michael Lynch Deborah Curtiss John and Dorothy McElwee Jesse Delaney David Penkower John D'Alonzo Thomas and Kathleen Quinn Roseann Gill Christopher & Jennifer Rule Roberta Kangilaski Bertram and Lynne Strieb

Dr. Stephen & Mrs. Johnne Tint

($1.00 - $49.99) Lee Arnold Michael and Barbara Lefkoe John and Alberta Chiaravalloti Margaret Lonzetta Henrik Eger Jane Moore Gertrude D. Furman Lee Saldinger Jean R. Haskell Lois Shestack Fred Jackes & Judy Adamsom Mark Szybist Moe and Sandy Lebo Lori Walsh

May, 2015

Welcome to the IRC Funhouse of Big Ideas and Controlled Insanity. Your ticket purchase today will help produce Exit the King, a hilariously operatic gem by one of the leaders of the absurdist movement, that earned actor Geoffrey Rush a Tony Award for his role as King Berenger in the 2009 Broadway production. Like Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco is aging well. His writing sparkles with relevance, for he paid no mind to the social response to his work. He directed his intelligence and his art towards simple things - death and loneliness - and he wrote about them with a keen eye, a hilarity and a clarity that earned him a reputation as a fiercely difficult playwright. In his 1958 review of a revival of Ionesco's play The Chairs, English critic Kenneth Tynan accused Ionesco of turning his back on reality. "M. Ionesco certainly offers an 'escape from realism': but an escape into what? A blind alley, perhaps... [his] theatre is pungent and exciting, but it remains a diversion. It is not on the main road." Ionesco's reply prompted a storm of controversy: "When my lieutenant and my boss are back in their homes, alone in their rooms, they could, for example, just like me, being outside the social order, be as afraid of death as I am, have the same dreams and nightmares, and having stripped off their social personality, suddenly find themselves naked, like a body stretched out on the sand, amazed to be there and amazed at their own amazement, amazed at their own awareness as they are confronted with the immense ocean of the infinite, alone in the brilliant, inconceivable and indisputable sunlight of existence. And it is then that my general or my boss can be identified with me. It is in our solitude that we can all be reunited." As we head in to this election year, with right and left ideologies collapsing into an explosive cacophony of words apparently communicating something, it strikes one that Ionesco's dark but surprisingly joyous vision was more prescient than was accepted in his time.

Tina Brock Producing Artistic Director

The Raw Onion Revival!

That’s Not Funny, My Brother Died That Way

The Plumbing Business is Not as Glamorous as the Porn Industry Depicts

I Don’t Support Feminism if it Means Murdering All Men

Owning a Cat is a Great Way to Meet Women Who Magically

Appear in Your Living Room

I Bet I Can Speak Spanish

Please Make Yourself at Home While I Silently Count Down The Minutes Until You Leave

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Improv-Comedy Workshop!

My Hot Dog Cart is Undermanned

I Think That Stripper Really Liked Me

Watch Me Sleep My Way to the Top of the Glendale Homeowner's Association

I’m an ENTJ, Destroyer of Worlds

Your Ignorance of Classic Horror Leaves You Woefully

Unqualified to Run This Haunted House

What, No Coat?

Inconveniencing Others Makes Me Feel Alive

Why Can’t I Sell Any of These F@%cking Bibles?

The IRC’s Mission is to bring classic absurdist theatre to an international audience in the Philadelphia region. These rarely-produced, renowned plays explore and illuminate the human purpose and meaning, promoting reflection about the human condition in a contemporary world.

We are committed to producing intelligent, thought-provoking experiences featuring performances that are ironic, humorous, buoyant and infectious. The content is designed to displace and transform the audience’s perspective, using text and language as one piece of a sensory experience that illustrates and wrestles with ideas that words alone cannot convey.

The IRC experience is an exciting and challenging journey for seekers from all walks of life on multiple platforms: philosophical, psychological, physical and spiritual. Our dedicated group of artists invites you to explore with us these questions and share the word with friends; since 2006, a loyal IRC audience has been built largely through word of mouth.

PRODUCTIONS 2006

Three One Acts: Albee, Beckett & Ionesco 2007

Victims of Duty by Eugène Ionesco Four of a Kind: Pinter, Durang, Beckett & Ionesco

2008 Oh! For the Love of Love!: Durang, Beckett & Ionesco

A Streetcar Named Durang: The Parodies of Christopher Durang 2009

The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco The Chairs by Eugne Ionesco

2010 The Gnädiges Fraulien by Tennessee Willliams The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux

2011 The Empire Builders by Boris Vian

The Arsonists (The Firebugs) by Max Frisch 2012

Marriage: An Utterly Improbable Occurrence by Nikolai Gogol Ivona, Princess of Burgundia by Witold Gombrowicz

2013 Paradise Park by Charles L. Mee

The Castle by Franz Kafka 2014

Ondine by Jean Giraudoux Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco

A Streetcar Named Durang by Christopher Durang 2015

Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco

2016 The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol

The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt

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