Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole March 22, 2010

by John Kennedy Toole
A staged reading of a new adaption by
Matt Di Cintio ('00) and Walter Schoen
Directed by Walter Schoen
Monday, March 22, 2010 —
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
7:30 pm
Alice Jepson Theatre

Published posthumously in 1980, John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prize-winner was hailed as an “epic comedy,” “one of the funniest books ever written,” and “destined to become a classic.” In 1960s New Orleans, the prickly, fastidious, and gargantuan Ignatius J. Reilly embarks on a quixotic journey to introduce “geometry and theology” to a city floundering in moral decay. Thwarted by the modern era at every turn, Ignatius is trapped in a world he doesn’t care to understand. This satiric romp is stuffed with odd denizens of the French Quarter, a strip-teasing parrot, a pants factory revolt, and one grand escape in Myrna Minkoff’s cramped Renault. For the first time since its publication, Toole’s celebrated novel is adapted for the stage by the authors who created the Department of Theatre and Dance’s original adaptation of Moby Dick in 2003.

Tickets are required for this free event.

Official Website: http://modlin.richmond.edu/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/2271/cid/