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3 unusual facts about The Mystery of Irma Vep


Fausto Fernós

One of his class projects became a long running performance art experiment, SoftMen, a weekly improvised soap opera which involved fellow performers Chris Rincón and Andrew Johnson performing all the roles simultaneously, in the tradition of plays like The Mystery of Irma Vep.

The Mystery of Irma Vep

The show was later produced off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre from September 1998 through July 1999, with Quinton and Stephen DeRosa.

The title is the name of a character in the 1915 French movie serial Les Vampires and is an anagram for the word, "vampire."


Theatre Three

Theatre Three's Second Stage has produced an outstanding roster of cutting-edge dramas (including Blood Knot, The Puppetmaster of Lodz, A Man with Connections, Samm-Art Williams Home, Agnes of God, My Sister in This House, Three Tall Women, and Death and the Maiden) and delightful comedies (Shirley Valentine, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, and The Mystery of Irma Vep).


see also

New Embassy Theater

The New Embassy Theatre is a performance theater located in the downtown mall of Cumberland, Maryland at 49 Baltimore St. The theater mounts live performances of classic theatre fare such as Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera and Kander and Ebb's Cabaret, as well as lesser-known work such as "The Mystery of Irma Vep" and "The Lady In Question," original works and local historical plays.