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of the Montreal artistic community, presenting contemporary work with an emphasis on education and community outreach.
Our aesthetic interest is in the carnivalesque, and the highly theatrical. Whether producing new works or adaptations
from the classical repertoire, we strive for theatre to be an unruly, visceral and authentic shared experience.
Schedule of Upcoming Productions
Production History
GOD'S EYEBROWS: A CONTEMPORARY RETELLING OF KING SAUL AND THE WITCH OF ENDOR
| Open: 02/12/22 Close: 02/20/22
Poet/performer Alexander Nemser is King Saul in God’s Eyebrows, a contemporary retelling of King Saul and the Witch of Endor. Picture Larry David as a Trumpian King Lear, monologuing in his personal prison of filth as he witnesses the effects of his own brutal policies. Making sorcery illegal then relying on it to save him from his rival, soon-to-be king David, a pleading King Saul visits an illegal healer to raise the dead prophet Samuel on the eve of his own unraveling. Presented by Montreal’s Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre in association with New Ohio Theatre’s New York City Independent Theatre Film Festival, and with dramaturgy by Co-Artistic Director Joseph Shragge, God’s Eyebrows is part of Montreal’s Scapegoat Carnivale’s Soliciting Prophecy initiative. Lena Rudnick directs. The digital short film will be screened in-person as part of the Festival on Saturday, February 12, 2022 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the New Ohio Theatre, 154 Christopher Street in New York City, and streamed on-demand online Feb 14-20, 2022. Direct link to in-person screening, Feb 12 @ 6:00-7:30 p.m.: https://nycitff2022.eventive.org/schedule/61d8e49a547f6100bcc596b4 Direct link to on-demand streaming online Feb 14-20: https://watch.eventive.org/nycitff2022/play/61db417cec2a59003eb3eaa0/61d8e08c09acce004ca7bffe About the Company: Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre Scapegoat Carnivale is an award-winning theatre company reflecting the diverse talents and extraordinary creativity of the Montreal artistic community, presenting contemporary work with an emphasis on education and community outreach. Our aesthetic interest is in the carnivalesque, and the highly theatrical. Whether producing new works or adaptations from the classical repertoire, we strive for theatre to be an unruly, visceral and authentic shared experience. | |
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