Irvinville- Saturday CCB Performance

IRVINVILLE IS BACK! Five months after their first special appearance at the bookshop, Irvinville will return to CCB with two special performances, Saturday September 21st at 7:30pm, and Sunday September 22nd at 7pm. So if you missed out the first time, now is your chance to see this truly spectacular piece of theatre that is free and open to all!

Irvinville is a daring new play following a town besieged by a rampaging circus elephant, and the generational trauma resulting from its demise. Weaving the fantastic seamlessly within a collage of our nation’s greatest blunders, the line between history and legend is blurred. Using fireside storytelling traditions, Irvinville becomes a modern American myth of ridiculous proportions, daring the audience to question their complicity in their own destruction.

Written and performed by Lucius Robinson and Kevin Duvall, and using no technical elements whatsoever, Irvinville explores how we use performance to reflect upon our shared past, and reveal how we become the stories we tell. Irvinville will be performed at Charm City Books, April 27th at 7:30pm. Tickets can be reserved here.

With nothing more than themselves, Robinson and Duvall share a story spanning several decades and over a dozen characters. At the center is Jaxson Sallow, a decrepit old boy, and the only person left in Irvinville, tasked with maintaining the archaic machinery which powered this once great town; and Mary, the circus elephant responsible for triggering Irvinville’s slow, hard decline. Together they make flesh the terrible tragedy of the “Evening of the Tusk Moon,” when Mary revolts at the circus, the ensuing “Terrorphant Siege,” where Irvinville faces the constant threat of the elephant in the woods, and Mary’s Trial when she is convicted before the entire town. It is her story that entangles Irvinville into the hearts of a nation, but she brings the town to ruin all the same. Through a sculpted whirlwind of characters, stories, memories, and lies, the truth of this place is gradually revealed: violence is easy; more than easy, it is natural.

Irvinville is the first project by Theatre LuDu; the collaboration of Lucius Robinson and Kevin Duvall. They are creators of award-winning original theatrical works You’re in Danger! and LIVE NUKES! respectively and have, combined, over 4 decades of experience working in theatre as actors, writers, directors, producers, teachers, and collaborators.

Host or Publisher Charm City Books