Muhlenberg guest artist Doppelskope offers existential therapy session — with puppets
The performance duo Doppelskope — Ora Fruchter and Muhlenberg alum Christopher Scheer '07 — brings its trademark show "An Existential Sing-Along" to the Muhlenberg College campus, Oct. 8 and 9.
Monday, October 7, 2013 11:18 AM
The Scheer describes Doppelskope as "an interactive and absurd neo-vaudeville theater group that makes wild, freewheeling new shows with puppetry, magic and clown in order to splatter your reality in an hour or less."
The duo employs whimsical performance techniques to explore obsession, anxiety and uncertainty. Scheer says that the interactive show features nightly raffles, giveaways, and choose-your-own-adventures, and that "after you leave 'An Existential Sing-Along' your perspective and/or marital status will never be the same again."
"These two slightly off-the-wall and uninhibited artists take the personalized human experience and condition to an entirely new level," writes Alan Vetter in the Taos (N.M.) News. "Singularly, Scheer and Fruchter's energy are downright enchanting, but together, they put forth what appears to be mind-numbing brilliance."
Muhlenberg College is a liberal arts college of more than 2,200 students in Allentown, Pa. The college offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in theater and dance. The Princeton Review has ranked Muhlenberg's theater program as in the top twelve in the nation for the past seven years, and Fiske Guide to Colleges lists both the theater and dance programs among the top small college programs in the United States. Muhlenberg is one of only eight colleges to be listed in Fiske for both theater and dance.
Performances of "An Existential Sing-Along" are Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 9 at 7 and 9 p.m. All tickets are $8. Performances are in the Studio Theatre, Trexler Pavilion for Theatre and Dance, Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew St., Allentown.
