Tragedy: a tragedy
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 14, 2008
Closed Apr 13, 2008
Opened Mar 14, 2008
Closed Apr 13, 2008
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Described by The New York Times as "a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation," Will Eno is the playwright of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated THOM PAIN (based on nothing). Now, Eno's Tragedy: a tragedy makes its American premiere at Berkeley Rep.
The sun - despite its shining record - has finally set. Reporters descend in a flurry of absurd questions and incoherent commentary, while the governor hysterically urges calm.
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Thanks to the rise of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, Americans have become pretty savvy about the artifice and showmanship of broadcast news. Attentive viewers have noted the rococo rhetoric of newscasters, the hollow newslessness of the 24-hour networks, and the trend towards sensationalism and fear-mongering. Will Eno's Beckettian play Tragedy: a tragedy, getting its U.S. premiere at Berkeley Rep under Les Waters' nuanced and witty direction, likewise satirizes the conventions of TV news.
But the absurdity of the local news is here wed to the genre of Absurdism, and the result is a charming display of witty satire in the face of Armageddon. Sharply written and perfectly performe[...]