GCC THEATRE SEASON OPENS WITH PAIR OF ABSURDIST PLAYS

“The Bald Soprano” by Eugene Ionesco and Samuel Beckett’s “Play” will be presented by the Glendale Community College Theatre Arts Department on the Auditorium Mainstage beginning Oct. 9.
The production will run through Oct. 19 with shows at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Tickets are $15 general admission and $12 for students and seniors, including the $2 convenience fee. Tickets may be purchased online at www.glendalearts.org or at the box office.
With a new translation by Pulitzer Prize finalist Tina Howe, Ionesco’s “The Bald Soprano” throws together a British middle-class family, their guests, their maid and a fire chief. It is an absurdist take on the problems of conversation in modern society.
Beckett’s “Play” involves three urns side by side containing two women and a man. This abstract play reflects on an experience that ended unhappily for a man, his wife and his mistress as they each recount his or her own version of the truth.
For information on GCC theatre productions, parking and more call the box office at 818-240-1000, ext. 5612 or visit the website at www.glendale.edu/theatre