The passions and purpose of creators in our community and around the country are the centerpiece of weekly conversations on Into the Absurd: An Existential Dinner Conversation presented each week by The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, the Philadelphia-based theater company whose mission is to present existentialist and absurdist theater to audiences in the region. Producing Artistic Director Tina Brock hosts the conversation, illuminating the creators around the country and their reflections about life during existentially challenging times.

For the past 16 years, the award-winning IRC has been interpreting the writing of Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, Franz Kafka and the many existentialist and absurdist writers grappling with the question of purpose and place in the world. Whether the stage setting is a village of twenty or two tramps under a nearly bare tree, the drama of bearing witness to each other’s stories sets the stage to light up the imagination, sharing strength to continue in challenging times.

Join us as we explore the existential stories of the creators on the stage of life as they pursue their passions with whimsy, rigor and determination.