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Les Freres Corbusier is a New York-based theatre company, founded in 2003 by three then-recent Yale graduates – Alex Timbers, Aaron Lemon-Strauss, and Jennifer Rogien. It is currently led by Artistic Director Alex Timbers.
Les Freres is devoted to creating irreverent work that re-envisions well-known historical figures in new idioms and contexts, which allow for their fresh reappraisal and suggest contemporary relevancies. The company makes aggressively physical theatre that combines historical revisionism, sophomoric humour, and rigorous academic research.
Les Freres is committed to the notion of a Populist Theater that draws on current pop cultural tastes and comedic sensibilities to speak directly to a mainstream audience.
With Heddatron, "Les Freres Corbusier claims to be forging on in its 'irreverent massacre of historical icons and academic esoterica by taking on famed playwright Henrik Ibsen, the well-made play, and contemporary issues in robotics.'"
Les Freres Corbusier is responsible for the Broadway production of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Other works include Heddatron, Hell House, Boozy, Dance Dance Revolution, President Harding is a Rock Star, The Franklin Thesis, and A Very Merry Unauthorised Children's Scientology Pageant.
http://www.lesfreres.org/main_site.htm
Here are few videos reflect some of their work.