Seven actors of various genders and ethnicities stand in a row. They are all wearing brightly colored extravagant clothing, except for a figure in the middle in plain earth tones, who is standing behind an empty picture frame with a cartoon version of a dollar bill shoved in their mouth.

In Witold Gombrowicz’s fictional kingdom of Burgundia, the royal court is bored. One day Prince Phillip (Keith Surney) and his consort, Simon (Gus Thomas) happen upon Ivona (Laura Nelson), a cowering and often mute peasant girl. Having nothing better to do and looking to outrage his family and friends, the prince announces that Ivona will […]

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