Toilet Fire: Rectums in the Rectory

First Preview: Dec 30, 2015

Opening Date: Jan 15, 2016

Closing Date: Jan 16, 2016

Running Time: 01:20

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The Brick

579 Metropolitan Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211

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TOILET FIRE: Rectums in the Rectory is a celebration and ceremony of the one thing that unites us all: our need to go. Using the structure of an ancient religious ritual to talk about matters of digestion, philosophy, and faith, TOILET FIRE: Rectums in the Rectory explodes with song, audience participation, and unexpected textual twists.

TOILET FIRE features such characters as an elderly Peest (priest), a sullen teen (alter-girl), a talkative flight attendant (cantor), and a variety of congregants with an assortment of ailments. By the end of this tour-de-toots, the trappings of a religious service fall away and TOILET FIRE reverts to a solo show with the real Eliza Bent talking and ultimately asking: How can we best relieve suffering? There will be puns. There will be poo.

Written and performed by Eliza Bent
with Alaina Ferris

Part of the Exponential Festival 2015

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15th @ 4 PM
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16th @ 7 PM

Regional Play - Comedy Performance Art

Age Guidance: 16

Show Notes: No Intermission

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Reviews

“In using the distancing effects of language as a blunt instrument simultaneously to create strangeness and cut more deeply to the heart of human experience, Ms. Bent follows a long tradition of adventuresome playwrights.”

—Claudia La Rocco, New York Times

Accessibility:

Restroom

Same level as theatre. The bathroom has a grab bar and an ADA compliant door width, but the ground is somewhat uneven inside of the bathroom.

Directions Subway

L to Lorimer or the G to Metropolitan and walk half a block

Seating

Seats 70.

Visual Assistance

None.

Water Fountain

Concession Stand on same level as theatre.

Box Office

Unless otherwise posted on the event, doors open 30 minutes prior to curtain and a waitlist is kept for sold out performances in person at the box office. Any unclaimed tickets for sold out performances will be resold at curtain time.

Wheelchair Info

The Brick Theater is a ground level garage converted into a theater. There is a permanent ramp to the performance area, which is a little less than a foot up from the ground level.

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