Bainbridge Performing Arts presents “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and at 3 p.m. Sundays, through Oct. 23.

Steve Martin’s absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism.

Martin pits genius against genius with dizzying brilliance. In his first comedy for the stage, the popular actor and screenwriter plays fast and loose with fact, fame and fortune as these two geniuses spar over art and science, the source of inspiration, their respective libidos, and the promise and dreams of the 20th century. The two are joined by an eccentric cast of bystanders, including Picasso’s date and agent, the bartender and his mistress, an elderly philosopher, Charles Dabernow Schmendimen, an idiot inventor, and a charismatic dark-haired singer time warped in from a later era.

The opening night reception is at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7.

Tickets are $29 for adults, $24 for seniors and $21 for students, youth, military and teachers, at www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org, by phone at 206-842-8569, or in person at BPA.