Photo submitted/ Tina BrockA beautiful woman gracefully slides her hand across the black tabletop. Feeling a gentle caress a man turns his head from the brilliantly lit red stage. A smile spreads across his face as he leans into her body. His lips touch hers. Their connection brings warmth to the dimly lit room.
Throughout the night great passion was seen on and off the stage at the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium.
The what?
The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium is the title of South Philadelphia’s theater of the absurd. The production stars Cabrini College acting professor, Gerre Garrett, in three short plays concerning the absurdity of love and loss.
“I think anything that gets you out and into the city is a great thing. This type of theater is rarely done. It’s in a funky space and there is no other theater company doing theater of the absurd,” Garrett said.
The show runs from Feb. 17-28 at the L’Étage Cabaret at Sixth and Bainbridge streets just seconds from Philadelphia’s infamous South Street.
Directed by Tina Brock, a long-time native to the Philadelphia theater circuit, the show features “Wanda’s Visit” by Christopher Durang, “Ohio Impromptu” by Samuel Beckett and “Frenzy for Two, or More” by Eug
