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"…a terrific, loud, rock-and-roll romp!”
– Post and Courier
In this gloriously crazy spectacle, the legendary punk group World/Inferno Friendship Society joined forces with Jay Scheib, one of contemporary theater’s brightest young directors, to create a cabaret punk-rock operetta for our times. Using Peter Lorre as the ultimate 20th century archetype of alienation, WIFS dedicates a furious song cycle charting Lorre’s trajectory from his days as an illustrious stage and film actor to his pitiless fall from grace. Led by the inimitable Jack Terricloth, WIFS painted a picture of the 20th century from the outsider’s eye via a multi-media spectacle.
Created with a commission and residency from Peak Performances @ Montclair, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, Jedediah Wheeler, Executive Director, and was partially developed through a space grant from LaGuardia Performing Arts Center’s LPAC Lab Program.
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