Absurd Person Singular

Alan Ayckbourn’s brilliant, dark British comedy 'Absurd Person Singular' offers a sharp, claustrophobic look at class mobility and marital dysfunction through the eyes of three couples over three successive Christmases. Uniquely set entirely within the respective couples' kitchens during their holiday parties, the narrative tracks the changing social fortunes of the characters, as a relentlessly ambitious, lower-class tradesman climbs the ladder of success while his upper-middle-class peers slide into financial ruin and emotional collapse. Opening at the Music Box Theatre in 1974 under the direction of Eric Thompson, the original Broadway cast featured Richard Kiley, Sandy Dennis, Larry Blyden, and Geraldine Page.