Fight Against The Crowd With Ionesco's Rhinoceros

Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti co-stars in Tony Award winner Diane Paulus' new production of Eugene Ionesco's satirical masterpiece, coming to the American Repertory Theater in August 2026! Focusing on a town where people start transforming one by one into the eponymous animal, Rhinoceros is a hilarious and scathing critique of herd mentality and the fear of standing against the group.

What Is The Story?

Berenger is a bit all over the place. Well-meaning but unable to keep his life on track, he struggles with the world around him. That's only compounded by the sudden appearance of an enormous rhinoceros in his town. At first, the townspeople are collectively terrified - but as they start to transform into the beasts one by one, Berenger finds that everyone around him is accepting the madness all too readily. Can he maintain his sanity and fight off the transformation?