Performed in Our Garage, remounted at Old Arizona Studios

Chosen among City Pages' Best Sets of the Year 2005

A Cupboard Full of Hate, a physical theatre performance, is a wicked little tale about a wretched little man who hates the world so much that he locks himself up in a kitchen cupboard forever. Performed in French, the show takes place on a claustrophobic stage where ethereal visions and nightmarish images weave the threads of a story involving a broken heart and a missing child stemming from a deeply unresolved grief. The stage is filled with enormous Joseph Cornell-like memory boxes out of which emerge the imaginary silent-film characters of a hateful mind.

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Credits

Created and Developed by Paul Herwig and Jennifer Ilse

Project Initiator – Paul Herwig
Sound, Lighting, Scenic Design and Construction – Paul Herwig

Cast – 5, Paul Herwig, Katie Kaufmann, Clint Jeffrey, Heather Bunch, Isabelle Rousmaniere, Sophie Brietag, Brently Davis (remount)

Duration - 65 minutes

Reviews

City Pages Spotlight

Man Guided by Voices in Experimental Theater Piece by Quinton Skinner

MNArtists Review

A Cupboard Full of Hate: That Clutching Sensation by Lightsey Darst