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Kelly Lester, UCLA Theater, Film and Television alumna and actress, performs in the Odyssey Theatre’s production of “Ionescopade.”

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UCLA alumna takes on absurdist theater in ‘Ionescopade’ - Daily Bruin

UCLA alumna takes on absurdist theater in ‘Ionescopade’

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Traditional plays give actress Kelly Lester two hours to find her character’s arc. “Ionescopade” gives her a couple of minutes. UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumna Lester has to utilize all of her acquired performing talents in the Odyssey Theatre’s production of “Ionescopade,” a musical revue created as a tribute to the playwright Eugéne Ionesco, one of the foremost figures of the theater of the absurd.

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UCLA alumna takes on absurdist theater in ‘Ionescopade’

By Ella Pravetz

June 3, 2013 12:05 a.m.