Picnic on the Battlefield
2012
Role: Co-Director
By Fernando Arrabal and Slawomir Mrozek
Theatre Novi Most
At the Southern Theatre in Minneapolis
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Maren Ward
Diogo Lopes
Jason Ballweber
Christopher Kehoe
Carly Wicks
Billy Mullaney
Majid Mokhtari -
Annie Katsura Rollins (Set design)
Rob Perry (light design)
Aaron Schoenrock (sound design)
Amanda McGee (costume design)
This play blends one act absurdist plays — Fernando Arrabal’s Picnic on the Battlefield (1961) and Slawomir Mrozek’s Enchanted Night (1952) — into one slapstick-funny and dead-serious narrative, with unique connections between the characters in both pieces.
Jason Ballweber and Christopher Kehoe in Picnic on the Battlefield.
“Lisa Channer and co-director Vladimir Rovinsky continually push the action to stranger territory…Something outside the typical theatrical comfort zone.”
“Directors Rovinsky and Channer and their talented ensemble of actors take something that could have been just a surreal exercise or mind game and serve up a production that really socks you in the gut. It’s one of those experiences that one cant adequately put into words…like all great theatre. Very highly recommend.”
