BAROCOCO

In this collaboratively devised ensemble work, the award-winning, DC-based company, Happenstance Theater portrays oblivious entitlement on the brink of extinction. BAROCOCO , loosely inspired by Last Letters: Prisons and Prisoners of the French Revolution (1987) by Olivier Blanc, takes a physical comedy dive into the late Baroque and flaunts 18th century finery, wigs, panniers, gestural styling, elaborate ornamentation and the excesses of Rococo. The show navigates the dangerous curves of being politic. This charming and charismatic six-person ensemble exposes an indulgent aristocratic lifestyle and invites you to experience the charade — from parlor games to pantomime, from the exquisite to the revolting — in this delightful comedy of manners…and it’s just in time for our midterm elections! Featuring: Mark Jaster, Stephanie Baird, Gwen Grastorf, Sabrina Mandell, Sarah Olmsted Thomas and Alex Vernon This run has been generously sponsored by Carolyn & Dan Matthews *Photo by Richard Termine