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'Kafka on Ice' Ice folly based on Czech author's life is cool comedic fodder for Denver troupe

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From: The Gazette
Date: 20050624
Author:MARK ARNEST THE GAZETTE

Franz Kafka created some of the 20th Century's most haunting images: A man is tried and executed without ever knowing his alleged crime, another starves himself for a living and another voluntarily undergoes a slow, painful execution in a diabolical machine.

So, of course, Buntport Theater thought his life would be the perfect vehicle for a comedy.

And not just a comedy, but an ice capades comedy: "Kafka on Ice," which will be performed Saturday and Sunday at Colorado College.

"It's an environment he might not have originally intended," says Buntport member Brian Colonna, referring to the ...

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