METHUSALEM or the eternal bourgeois
METHUSALEM or the eternal bourgeois
at the (former) whippersnapper gallery, january 2009.
written by yvan goll.
directed by ted witzel.
WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE EXCEPT YOUR CHAINS!
robots. dance numbers. goulash. che t-shirts. teen pregnancy.
comrades! proletarians! are you feeling downtrodden and oppressed? are your children freezing? do your mothers have no coal for their stoves? this january, the red light district offers a balm for your calloused souls. with the corporate support of the learning achievement centre (and without the permission of the marxist-leninist party of canada), the red light district dutifully presents the methusalem family as examples of bourgeois gluttony and capitalist depravity. methusalem’s shoe factory is built upon the very bones of his workers: his profit is your loss, his wealth is your poverty. here we show him for the pariah he is, and invite you to revolt against the class system which crushes our working class between the upper and nether millstones of capitalism and patriarchy.
stand with us in solidarity as we fight against the powers that tyrannize the very spirit of humanity, and friends, join in the cry for the new revolution:
SHIT! PETROLEUM!! FREEDOM!!!
free che-shirts for all.**
**some restrictions may apply
cast –
methusalem – marcel dragonieri
ida methusalem, the jokebot, mr. and mrs. katgut – lauren gillis
felix methusalem, aunt emmy, revolutionary, mr. and mrs. bellykin – reid linforth
amelia methusalem, the hookerbot, revolutionary – briana templeton
himself, mr. and mrs. heavenly – jiv parasram
crew –
director – comrade ted witzel
stage manager – comrade kat letwin
propaganda – comrade maarika pinkney
enlightenment – comrade zachary gray
proletarian labour – comrades alexi marchel and janina kowalski
choreography – emma walker, comrade maarika pinkney
costumes – sarah-jane thiessen and erin telegdi
design and publicity – comrade zachary gray
reviews –
dan epstein, the varsity: in soviet russia, play watches you!
