Performed at Open Eye Figure Theatre, Minneapolis

Ivan the Drunk, a physical theatre and dance performance, is a tragic fable about a Russian WWI combat veteran who, at the moment of his death, travels back through his homeland in search of peace and absolution. Accompanying him on his journey is his ridiculous burden. A life-sized dummy stuffed with the metaphoric wreckage of a cruel life. Together the two drink and stumble their way back through time hoping to achieve a final stage of grace.

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Credits

Created and Developed by Paul Herwig and Jennifer Ilse, with the Cast, Sears Eldredge, and Max Sparber

Project Initiator – Paul Herwig

Choreographed by Jennifer Ilse
Scenic Design by Paul Herwig
Text by Max Sparber
Lighting by Paul Epton
Sound and Score by Ben Seims

Cast – 5, Paul Herwig, Jennifer Ilse, Judith Howard, Karla Grotting, Kym Longhi

Duration – 90 min.

Reviews

Daily Planet

Ivan the Drunk and His Terrible Tale of Woe, Off-Leash Area—Five stars by Matthew A. Everett

MinnPost

Off Leash Area's 'Ivan the Drunk' is both accessible and profound by Camille LeFevre

Star Tribune

Ivan's parable well-told in drama by Caronline Palmer

City Pages

Ivan the Drunk portrays raving wreck of a man. In the Off-Leash Area play, a soldier survives a war but loses his soul Share by Quinton Skinner

Lavender Magazine

Ivan the Drunk and His Terrible Tale of Woe by John Townsend