Albert Camus (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th-century. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which was opposed to some tendencies of the Surrealist movement of André Breton.
Camus was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times". He was the second-youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, after Rudyard Kipling, and the first African-born writer to receive the award. He is the shortest-lived of any Nobel literature laureate to date, having died in an automobile accident just over two years after receiving the award.
Although often cited as a proponent of existentialism, the philosophy with which Camus was associated during his own lifetime, he rejected this particular label. In an interview in 1945, Camus rejected any ideological associations: "No, I am not an existentialist. Sartre and I are always surprised to see our names linked..."
Specifically, his views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay "The Rebel" that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom.
Art Exhibit
The theatre production will be accompanied by the art exhibit of the original works of John Regis Tuska (1931-1998), an artist educator at the University of Kentucky who spent his career in Lexington from 1963 until his passing in 1998, as well as the productions of Tuska Studio. The art will be available for sale and the proceeds will benefit Tuska House and the Balagula Theatre.
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES
Sunday, June 3rd – Opening Night with a reception following the show
Monday, June 4th– hosted and benefitting Central Kentuck Radio Eye
Tuesday, June 5th – hosted by and benefitting Tuska House
Wednesday, June 6th – hosted and benefitting “Boomslang”
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Central Kentucky Radio Eye www.radioEye.org Radio Eye is a non-profit service, broadcasting the reading of newspapers, magazines, health material, books, and other printed material to individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or physically disabled. With the help of Louisville Public Media and WUKY Public Radio, Radio Eye broadcasts to 27 counties in the Central Kentucky and Greater Louisville areas.
Tuska House www.tuskastudio.com is an art gallery, a performance space, and an event venue that shares the inspiration of life through art. The museum is open to all who wish to learn and share in the work and life of artist educator Tuska.
Boomslang www.boomslangfest.com multi-venue festival in Lexington, KY, brought to us by WRFL 88.1 – Radio free Lexington – it is a celebration of visionary, experimental, genre-bending music and media, as well as a showcase of Lexington's unique venues and culture
ABOUT THE SPONSORS
LexArts has provided funding support for Balagula Theatre’s 2011-2012 Season through its Funds for the Arts.
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency provides operating support to The Balagula Theatre Company with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Production Sponsor Dupree Financial Group, Llc is a financial investment advisory firm headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky.
Deliver the Arts Sponsors, providing theatre tickets to the underserved members of community: DTK, a distributor of fine wines in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
