PRODUCTION DATES: May 17 - July 13, 2003
Winner! LA Weekly Award "Best Comedy Ensemble!"
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.
Tickets and information:
May 17 - July 13, 2003
Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8PM, Sundays at 7PM.
Matinees: Sundays June 1 and 15th , 2PM (no 7PM perfs. on matinee dates).
Reservations: Odyssey Theatre Box Office or by calling (310) 477-2055, or via the Odyssey Theatre website
Tickets
$19.50 - $23.50,
Extras:
Study Guide available
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
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Jack Stehlin as Tartuffe and Gigi Bermingham as Tartuffe
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Mark Bramhall (left) as Orgon and Jack Stehlin as Tartuffe |
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Jack Stehlin(left) as Tartuffe
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and Gigi Bermingham as Dorinne
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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****
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