Company of RHINOCEROS to Appear on WBAI Radio Today

The Yiddish world premiere of Eugene Ionesco's RHINOCEROS began performances September 7th and the official Opening is set for this Thursday, September 14th at the Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42 Street (between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.) The RHINOCEROS company will be this week's special guests on WBAI Radio's popular "Cat Radio Cafe," today, 2 - 3 pm at 99.5 FM. Host Janet Coleman is set to chat live with cast members Malky Goldman, Caraid O'Brien, Eli Rosen and Melissa Weisz, director Moshe Yassur, and New Yiddish Rep artistic director David Mandelbaum. The program can be heard online at www.wbai.org.

Called "an allegory for our times" by The New York Times, Ionesco's RHINOCEROS is generally cited as one of the main influences of Theatre of the Absurd. Nearly 60 years since its premiere, the agonizingly comedic RHINOCEROS is making its Yiddish language debut with a translation by Eli Rosen. The sublime is merged with the ridiculous in this savage commentary on the human condition, in which an individual citizen of a small town watches his friends turn into rhinoceroses one by one until he alone stands unchanged. The cast of RHINOCEROS features Alec Burko, Amy Coleman, Macha Fogel, Malky Goldman, Sean Griffin, Chezky Israeli, Mira Kessler, Caraid O'Brien, Eli Rosen, Gera Sandler, Luzer Twersky and Melissa Weisz. RHINOCEROS is performed in Yiddish with English supertitles.

Eugene Ionesco (1909 - 1994) was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre. Among his most popular plays are RHINOCEROS, THE BALD SOPRANO, THE LESSON, THE CHAIRS and THE KILLER.

RHINOCEROS is presented by New Yiddish Rep, which is dedicated to creating modern theater that speaks to a diverse contemporary audience, including those who never might have thought they could connect to a performance in a language other than their own.

Performances of RHINOCEROS are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm, with matinees Saturday & Sunday at 2 pm through October 8th. Tickets are $45 ($25 for students) and are available through www.castillo.org or by calling OvationTix at 866-811-4111.

For more information, visit www.NewYiddishRep.org.