The Empire Builders

November 9, 10, 16, 17, at 8 pm
November 11, 18 at 2 pm

French novelist, composer, poet and playwright Boris Vian invites us to observe a world where the DuPont family allows fear of the unknown to overtake their human experience. Through a combination of pure anxiety, tense humor and unbridled aggression, Leon DuPont fears for his family’s life as he forces them to flee from an unseen terrifying threat. In a progression of mounting terror and the blackest of comedy, the family releases their frustration in a frightening hysterical fashion.

The Empire Builders special events:

Friday, November 9 at 8:00 pm  Free for students

Saturday, November 10 at 8:00 pm Alumni Afterglow

Sunday, November 11 at 2:00 pm Talkback after performance

Friday, November 16 at 8:00 pm Pay-What-You-Can performance

Saturday, November 17 at 8:00 pm Livernois Corridor Community Night: Afterglow at the 1917 American Bistro

Sunday, November 18 at 2:00 pm Closing performance

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