CURTAIN CALL: Theater Exile's "Cabaret of the Exiled"

On Friday, Theatre Exile hosts "Cabaret of the Exiled," an entertaining potpourri of food, drinks, dancing, comedy and ... Frank Sinatra?

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CURTAIN CALL: Theater Exile's "Cabaret of the Exiled"

POSTED: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 1:00 PM

Kim Carson and Catharine Slusar in Theatre Exile's "Iron." Theatre Exile's "Iron" at Studio X, 1340 South 13th St., Philadelphia Through Oct. 10 Info: 215-218-4022 or www.theatreexile.org

Theatre Exile prides themselves on avoiding common theater stereotypes, so they're hard to pinpoint. When pushed, however, artistic director Joe Canuso jokes that you can count on them to be “dependably unpredictable” in their choice of plays, themes and styles of acting. Theater Exile is a provocative, avant-garde group of local artists that perform rarely-seen, challenging productions that are intended to promote imaginative theater and avoid monotony. This past season their work has included That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play, The Lieutenant of Inishmore and Saturn Returns.

On Friday, they're taking a break from preparations for their upcoming Fringe show, Aliens, to host "Cabaret of the Exiled," a fundraising event featuring music, comedic sketches and monologues penned by local playwrights. Mentioning there will be special appearances by Jane Fonda, Frank Sinatra (ahem) and Martha Graham Cracker, Canuso says guests can expect the production to be as unpredictable and outrageous as always. “We like to take risks in our programming," he says. "We believe in a very immediate, dangerous style [and] we like to carry that style into the fun things we do — like this Cabaret."

Fri., June 17, 8 p.m., $35, Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St., 215-218-4022, cabaret-exiled.html.

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