Picasso at the Lapin Agile
By Steve Martin
Directed by Tommy Statler
Comedian Steve Martin’s absurd comedy of historical fiction, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, has Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso meet in a bar in Paris in 1904, the year before Einstein’s theory of relativity and Picasso’s transition into cubism. The two celebrities of science and art spar for their fields, surrounded by a cast of supporting characters from the turn of the century and beyond. The anachronistic, self-referential, and self-aware nature of this short one-act enraptures audiences into thinking about the role both science and art play in our lives, people who inspire genius, and the philosophies that shape our world over the modern centuries.
Picasso - John Tourtellotte
Einstein - Scott Cooper Ryan
Germaine - Amelia Jane Murphy
Freddie - Daniel Gallun
Suzanne/Countess - Allison Adams
Gaston - Jacques Freydont
Sagot - Adam Ferguson
Schmendiman/Female Admirer - Josh Saleh
Visitor - Timothy Portnoy