Tango Palace

TANGO PALACE is Fornés’ early absurdist masterpiece, a sapphic clown pas de deux in one irreverent act. Groundbreaking playwright María Irene Fornés’ 1963 English language debut, TANGO PALACE is sensual, violent, and funny. This three-scene experimental play eavesdrops on the complex doomed relationship between haughty but seductively androgenous Isidore and his earnest young mentee, Leopold. Locked in Isidore’s shrine room, their intimate battle of wills blazes with all the signature passion and deep emotional insight that made Fornés an essential part of the vanguard that defined the Off-Broadway movement. Casting by Claire Yenson, CSA