The Tragedies' 2nd Annual Theatre du Grand Guignol: The French Theater of Comedy and Horror October 11, 2007

PORTLAND, OR - Sexy, violent and screamingly funny, The Tragedies Theater Company turns into monsters again in their 2nd annual Halloween show, Theatre du Grand Guignol, this year featuring all-new plays, an original edgy sex-farce, disturbingly familiar faces from last year’s sold-out, critically acclaimed show, plays October 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th, 27th and Halloween (gala night) in The Tragedies’ new venue, The Crimson Theater at The Village Ballroom on NE 7th and Dekum. Show starts at 8pm. Tickets are just $15 and can be purchased online at www.thetragedies.com/tickets.htm or by calling 503-367-2100.
This year, three one-acts, “The Short Circuit”, “The Pilfered Heart”, “The Ultimate Torture” and other surprises aim to blend ten nights of suspense, tension and the perverse. Talented father and daughter super-team, Phil and Sara Rudolph, direct the evening’s dark entertainment.
The Tragedies are a sketch comedy troupe who occasionally dabble in unnerving territories. Horror, like laughter, is a verifiable, repeatable experimental result in live theater. Guignol’s formula of the horrific, the erotic and the comic fulfills the human need to have the “night-soil” scared out of us in a safe environment and laugh it off when it’s over. The popularity of horror films, X-Box, amusement parks, wars of aggression and cleavage attest to its commercial viability.

Too Much Coffee Man creator Shannon Wheeler says of last years show, "I spent twenty bucks on Grand Guignol and it was worth every dollar!".

Randall Barton of the Portland Tribune writes, “…You will be oddly enchanted by the tableau of blood, guts and sex…”.

The Oregonian’s Grant Butler states, “…the Portland troupe scares up a quartet of one-act dramas blending bawdy humor with just enough screaming and gore to conjure up a frightful night.”.

Daniel Flessas of KBOO’s The Outside World exclaims, “You nailed farce! You nailed it!”

The Tragedies’ Theatre du Grand Guignol runs October 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th, 27th and Halloween (gala night) in The Tragedies’ new venue, The Crimson Theater at The Village Ballroom on NE 7th and Dekum. Tickets are just $15 and can be purchased online at www.thetragedies.com/tickets.htm or by calling 503-367-2100. For updates and extra info, go to www.myspace.com/grandguignolpdx.

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