Sweet Briar Spring Theatre Production: UBU MORT-VIVANT
February 26 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
An event every day that begins at 7:30 pm, repeating until February 28, 2026
Sweet Briar Theatre will present Alfred Jarry’s UBU MORT-VIVANT, adapted and directed by Robert Quillen Camp, for three showings Feb. 26-28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Babcock Fine Arts Center.
Ubu Mort-Vivant (“Ubu the Living Dead”) is a recently discovered contested addition to the Ubu canon of plays composed by the French proto-absurdist playwright Alfred Jarry (1873-1907). Written in 1937, 30 years after its author’s death, Ubu Mort-Vivant finds deposed autocrat Pa Ubu using highly unconventional (i.e. supernatural) means to return to power after a complete defeat at the hands of his enemies. Presciently forecasting the global return of strongman rule in the 21st century, Ubu Mort-Vivant is an avant-garde riot of obscenity, zombies, and deadly serious ridiculousness. For audiences 16+ only.
