The Zurich Plays

In 2001, the Atlanta theatre Dad's Garage produced The Zurich Plays written by Brian Griffin and his band of crazies. I saw it twice. The first time I was -- well, in a drug induced haze, but the second time I was very much sober and yes, still I didn't "get it."

With The Dada Cabaret on the horizon, I contacted Monsieur Griffin through the magic of Facebook and he finally sent it and upon my couch I read the masterpiece that is The Zurich Plays. I do have to say that it makes much for (non) sense now that I have the knowledge of Dada. There are a few ideas that I would like to incorporate into the festival and I didn't realize that I actually took them directly from The Zurich Plays. The number 1 is that I would like to dress someone as Mona Lisa complete with mustache and small beard and when others see her to yell, "She has a hot ass!" Well, maybe Jeanne Jacobson said something similar (and I know she didn't see The Zurich Plays) but there is a very similar section in the play.  

I am going to write to Brian right now and see if we can perform excerpts both during the day and in the evening. Fingers crossed that he says "ja ja!"