1/3 Rylan Lowe plays the titular character in Picasso at the Lapin Agile. - Tim Coffey

SALISBURY — A depraved Frenchman walks into a bar…

What would happen if Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein debated the merits of art versus science to an imbibed audience of misfits?

That hypothetical scenario played out on the Lee Street theatre stage last weekend in an unconventionally brief four-night run. An eclectic cast brought Steve Martin’s “Picasso at Lapin Agile” to life for audiences during a special show that was delivered by a nudge from the Blanche and Julian Robertson Foundation to promote the Modern Masterpieces exhibit at Waterworks Visual Arts Center.

The scene is set from the get go by Gaston’s entrance. With a cigarette hanging from his mouth, Steve Schreur’s elderly character, t

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