Six plays examine the shared understandings that help societies function and what happens when they can no longer be ignored. Artwork courtesy of Irvine Theater Company. By Anne Reid Irvine Theater Company (ITC) will present six world-premiere short plays in “Is Ignorance Bliss? What We Pretend Not to Notice,” which explores the things people overlook to preserve their comfort and what happens when they can no longer look away. Moving between comedy and drama, the original wo