Performed at Open Eye Figure Theatre, Minneapolis
Lavender Magazine: Best Actor, Best Set, Best Production of 2008
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.
Credits
Created and Developed by Paul Herwig and Jennifer Ilse, with the Cast, Sears Eldredge, and Max SparberProject Initiator – Paul Herwig
Choreographed by Jennifer Ilse
Scenic Design by Paul Herwig
Costumes by Kym Longhi
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
City Pages
Ivan the Drunk Portrays Raving Wreck of a Man By Quinton Skinner
Lavender Magazine
Ivan the Drunk and His Terrible Tale of Woe By John Townsend
MinnPost.com
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 Caroline Palmer
Twin Cites Daily Planet
Ivan the Drunk and His Terrible Tale of Woe, Off-Leash Area—Five stars By Matthew A. Everett