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School of Theatre & Dance

College of Design, Art & Performance

Rhinoceros

TheatreUSF presents Rhinoceros.

Rhinoceros

by Eugene Ionesco, directed by C. David Frankel
Oct. 2-4 & Oct. 8-11 at 8 p.m.
Oct. 5 & 12 at 3 p.m.
Theatre 2, Tampa Campus ()

One man sitting at a table while three people point at something in the distance
Two people pointing at something in the distance
A woman and man talking and smiling while another man is distraught in the background
Three people look intensely at something in front of them
A person kneeling on something, looking into the distance
Two people kneeling with a grocery bag
Someone sitting at a table surrounded by a group of people
A group of people surrounding a man at a table
A group of people looking at some papers on a table
Two people being held back from approaching each other
A group of people posing for a picture

The play starts in the town square of a small village. Two friends – the eloquent, intellectual, prideful Jean, and the shy, kind-hearted drunkard Berenger – meet up in a coffee house. Instead of talking, Jean becomes furious at Berenger's tardiness and drunken state until a rhinoceros rampages across the square.

The next day, Berenger arrives late for work at the local newspaper office, but the newspaper's receptionist Daisy covers for him. Mrs. BÅ“uf, the wife of a fellow employee, appears to say that her husband has turned into a rhinoceros and more are filling the streets!

Alarmingly, almost everyone in town has succumbed to rhinoceritis. Daisy and Berenger realize that they are the only humans left. Will they also succumb? 

Rhinoceros - a funny, absurd play with a political message for our times.