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The Star-Ledger reports that dozens of cats were found living in unfit conditions in a million-dollar home in Chester, NJ: "All 12 rooms of the two-story house on Farm Road were laden with feces and urine, authorities said. In some areas, piles of excrement reached as high as 2 feet. In one of the bathtubs, a mound of feces measuring 8 inches thick coated the bottom, authorities said." The fire department was called to ventilate the house, which might need to be condemned because it's so toxic. Anonymous complaints had been made to the SPCA last week and the authorities found almost 80 cats, plus a dog, and will likely charge owner Wanda Oughton with 80 counts of animal cruelty. SPCA superintendent Frank Rizzo said, "The smell was horrific. This is not a place you can live in. I don't know how anyone could survive in that." Twenty-two cats were taken to a vet for observation; the others were left in the home as the SPCA coordinates living arrangements for them.

THEATER: With his zany imagination and distinctive bass-baritone voice, Joseph Keckler (myspace) has been generating buzz throughout the gooey honeycomb of the downtown performance art cabaret scene. Tonight he sprinkles his particular blend of whimsical catnip at Dixon Place with Cat Lady, in which a man re-enacts an ordinary day with his mother, who runs a community theater with cat actors out of her home. “Past lives are recalled, songs are sung, and finally a trip to the vet's is made in this comedic and dark exploration of the relationship between art and trauma.” Part of the HOT! Festival. – John Del Signore