Theater Club in January

Come join us for the Theater Club at the French Library, a place to read, watch, discuss and recite contemporary and classic French plays with fellow enthusiasts! At the Theater Club, we'll discuss a different play each month and read excerpts aloud to each other. 

This club strives to foster discussion and dialogue around a love of contemporary theater and a chosen play: attendees are wholeheartedly encouraged to come and practice speaking in French. No acting skill required, and no public performances are planned!

Our January meeting features the 2023 play Vidéo Club by Sébastien Thiéry.

"Justine and Jean-Marc, who have been married for 25 years, discover that a mysterious webcam has been filming them in their kitchen for months. Bewildered, they receive a new video each day, confronting them with their petty everyday mediocrities, their lies and their betrayals.

In this nuanced comedy from Sébastien Thiéry (Momo, Demain la revanche, Qui est Monsieur Schmitt ?), Justine and Jean-Marc take turns competing in bad faith to justify truths which probably never should have emerged. But could any couple survive complete transparency?"

Club participants are asked to read the play beforehand and bring their copy to the meeting for discussion and recitation. The text can be purchased on L'Avant-Scène Théâtre, Lireka, or Amazon.  Ten copies of the text are available at the French Library, nine of which can be purchased for $16, and one copy which can be borrowed to read at the Library.

Please, keep in mind that a new link is created for each event and a new registration is needed.