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Grand Guignol

Presented by Theatre 'd Art at Osborne Studio Theater

October 10-October 26, 2008

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Thanks to Theatre 'd Art, the classic French horror of Le Théåtre du Grand-Guignol is set to make its mark on Colorado Springs. Featuring four hand-chosen plays from the legendary theatre, Grand Guignol is a violent, brutally sexual, and viciously gory look into uncontrolled horror and an exploration of theatre's naturalistic ideals.

What exactly is the Grand Guignol? "Le Théåtre du Grand-Guignol was founded in 1894 by Oscar Méténier, who planned it as a space for naturalist performance," director Jonathan Margheim explains. "The plays were in a variety of styles, but the most popular and best-known were the horror plays, featuring a distinctly bleak worldview as well as particularly gory special effects in their notoriously bloody climaxes. These plays often explored the altered states, like insanity, hypnosis, panic, under which uncontrolled horror could happen." The plays selected for Grand Guignol involve a man horribly disfigured in an acid attack who "invites his ex-lover/attacker in for one last request," a man haunted by his past crimes by a horrible pain in his finger, a sex farce involving some "exotic tastes in locations for intimate rendezvous," and more. Sex, violence, debauchery–and lots and lots of blood–abound in Grand Guignol.

Grand Guignol features Theatre 'd Art regulars Erick Groskopf and Ariel Baty as well as a slew of newcomers, including long-time Theatre 'd Art stage manager "TK" in her first major acting role. The show also features music composed by Buzzhead Republic.

Grand Guignol will also have Burlesque Nights every Friday! Come early to see Peaks and Pasties perform starting at 7:30 p.m.

Theatre 'd Art was voted Colorado Springs' best new theater company in 2008 by the Gazette. We specialize in experimental, absurdist and avant-garde theatre--theatre you won't see anywhere else in Colorado Springs. Founded by Jonathan Margheim and Brian Mann, we can be contacted through email at info@theatredart.org, through our Myspace page at www.Myspace.com/theatredart, or you can visit us at our website www.theatredart.org.