Tartuffe
2003
REVIEWS/ARTICLES
“Deranged! Riotous! Superb!” **** Los Angeles Times **** “Moliere’ s comic masterpiece! A sparkling production! The actor’s sail through the intricate rhetoric with precision and physical exuberance!” **** PICK OF THE WEEK! LA Weekly **** “Fanatic worship of a false icon has never been more humorously or dramatically portrayed! Exuberant!” **** Daily Variety **** “This production tops them all - and then some!” **** CRITIC’S PICK! BackStage West**** “Tartuffe’s sparkling wit and barbed satire has universal, timeless appeal! ...beautiful, accessible, amusing, and delicious!” **** Polly Warfield, Back Stage West**** |
Tartuffe
by Moliere translated into english verse by Richard Wilbur an Odyssey Theatre and Circus Theatricals co-production directed by Jack Stehlin, Circus Theatricals Artistic Director produced by Jeannine Stehlin (Circus Theatricals) and Ron Sossi (Odyssey Theatre) "Tartuffe" is Moliere’s classic play about religious hypocrisy, seduction and greed. Tartuffe, masquerading as a religious guru, schemes to seduce his benefactor’s wife, marry his daughter, and then swindle him of all he possesses. DESIGN TEAM: Lights: Tim Kiley Sets: Diane Taylor Costumes: Melissa McVay Sound: Tom McCleister and Daniel Nathan Spector. Stage manager: Christina Burck Artistic Associate: Casey Biggs CAST: Gigi Bermingham - Dorine Strawn Bovee - Madame Pernelle Mark Bramhall - Orgon Nickella Dee - Marianne Kent George - King’s Officer Daniel C. Gibbons - Valere Asher Huey - Laurent Elizabeth Kouri - Flipote Dylan Kussman - Damis Nick Mize - Monsieur Loyal Daniel Nathan Spector - Cleante Jack Stehlin - Tartuffe Daphne Zuniga - Elmire |