Program for Tartuffe (November 7-11, 1973)

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Program for Tartuffe (November 7-11, 1973).
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JELKYL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CAR'CUFFE NOV€Ml3€R 7, 8,9 , JO, JJ PLAY Each e ra has a fe w who are able to see the soc iety around the m fo r w h at i.l is . H e may b e a Will Ro g ers . an Art Buchwald, o r an E dward A lbee . The 17th century had the irs; J e an Baplisl Poquc lin, k nown on stage as M o lie r e . M o li.ere bro ught comedy to a l eve l e n -joyc-d on ly by traged y in 17th century France . H e was Lh e fi. rs L playwr ighl or comedy to r e -C(;'ive a pension f r om t h e K ing, R idic ule and sal ire were hi s weapons in righting a pre ten-l i o Lt s , d e c e p L iv e so c i e I y . Y et h is r e a L Lo v e was f•nte i-t.aining . What he w rote, h e .wrote Lo b e per (o r med, no l to b e r e ad o r studi ed . He was an actor a nd dire c tor h i mse lf and knew audiences we ll. T hi s is ev ide nL i n bis combination o f biting saLire , cleve r dialogue and comic s i tualio ns . W he n Mol ie r e was prese nted to th e cou r t h e was 3 7 and the King was 20 . Mo I ie re tried p e rformi ng tragedy fo r the court, but hP rail ed w h en compared l0 t h e professio nal aclors who p e r forme d r eg ularly [or Lhe court. H e apo log i zed to the audie n ce and asked per-missio n to per form a litt le farc e h e had w rit -Len himse l f. T he success o f that lit tle piece launc h ed M0 lie r e o o the r e st o f his ca r ee r. M'> l ie r e at.Lacked hypocrisy, p r etenl i.O lts-ness , c hauv ini sm a nd g r eed in hi s plays . He was o b v ious l y nol ve r y popula r w i th Lhe peo -p le he a ttacked, but he was tremc ndons ly poptila r w th Lh <' audien c es at Lhe Pa la is Roya l<'. S eve ral limes t he King ha d Lo intercede for M,, Jicrc· to save his plays rrom compl0L e n· -prP s s io n . Ta rt u rre was w rilt<: n in L664. Mo lie r e p r c-sc-nt ecl l h e fi r s l lhrec acts as pa r l of a fest iva l at Versa i lles . T he Kir,g loved iL. The Queen Mothe r and the A r c hbi s ho p 0 f Par i s opposed it and k e p t iL fro m an y fu rthe r p e rfo rmances . Mo l iere rewr o t e i t , sofl e n •d som e of Lhe s peech e s , submitte d il for p e d o rmancc un-d e r a diffe r e nt name and m e l a fi e r ce r o ppo -s i tion than b efo r e ; the Ar c hbis hop thre a ten e d lo excommunic ate anyo ne w ho saw, he ard, r e ad o r a c ted in t he play. E ighteen m o nths late r Lh e p lay was p e rfo rme d u nde r the liLJ c T h e lmposlor and it ran s u ccessfu lly fo r fifty p c r fo rmanc es . Mol ie r e die d fo llow ing his pc rfo rma n n' in The Imaginary Invalid. T o Lhe e nd he was able to laugh at hims e l f and lhe wo rld aro und him, w hile making sharp s oc ial comme nts . H e was b u r ied a l n ight i n a n unmarke d g r ave becaus e he had bee n ex-. c ommunicate d. 'CAR'CUFFE by Moliere adapted and directed by Lou Florimonte 'ChE CAS'C O r go n ... . ..................... . Bob VanDusen Elmi re , wife of Orgon . . ........ .. M Tod d Wi se Krilz Marianne, daug hte r of O r gon .... . .. Sa U y Richardson Dami s, son of Orgon .............. Richard Ford Va le r e, fia nce of Marianne .. . ..... John DePasquale Madame Pernel le, mothe r of Orgon .. Patri ce Hogan Cleanle, brother uf Elmi.re ....... . Barry Freese Tarluffe . . ...................... . Jeff T< le iman Dorine, compa nion oI Mar ia nne .... Barb Marenletle Loya l , p rocess serve r ............ Mark Zimmer Po l iceman ....................... Chri s Ca ve F lipote, servanl of Mme. Pernelle . ... Ellen Laciny The scene: Orgon Pernelle ' s borne in the roaring twent ies. Act I Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Fifteen minute in termission A c t I1 S cene 1 Scene 2 PROt>uction S'C A Ff Stage m a nager ... . .... . ........ Susie SanSouc ie Tec h nica l d i. r ecto r ..... . ... . .... Steve Gannon P r o t! uction manager ... . ........ ;-.., ta r y Ann Smilh House ma nager .. . ..... . ....... J enn L fer Bond L ight and sel design . .. ......... Lou Flori.monte Costume d esign ................ Amy Haake Playbill and log o design ........ . Laura Bland Theatr e A ssis t a nt s : Ric hard F ord and John DePasquale Produced by t h e Communication Arts Department CREWS Lig hting : Steve- 1-io el s,her : hea d John DcPa s quale , Torn Dafnicles P r ope rt iC's : Kay Fer ncd i ng : hea d Gent r y Johnson , Ma rk Zi m mer Se t : R ich Baller : head Ca r ol Ra nd o l ph, N'a r k Z imm e r Costum e : A1ny Ha a ke: head Sa ll. y Ri c ha 1·d sc>n f e r r y T r a c y, Sue G r oom P u bli c ity : MikP P orter ; head Ca r la Web e r, B a r b Ma rente tle Running : Nina S c ho l ey, Ca r ol R a ndo lph Make - up : Nan F r a n c i s ; head S h e l ley Heel e y Sound: M ike Porter, Gentry Johnson Pa int: Carla We b e r, Laura B land H ouse : Je nn if e r B o nd; head Betsy Bombe rger , Carla Webe r Sibley Hall Mr. Bart GUI Morrie ' s Carpet and Tile Center Mr. Pat McMackin Ms. Ca r o l Ra ndo lph Mr . Lloyd Wi ll oughby Pcl t· r B ckkt' r For the College: Leo Des se rl :::.: :in r l e::; !1ushnc l I A lic e Wise De :o r cc; ;il k s JELKYL CENTE R FOR T HE PERFORMING ARTS NO VEMBER 16 Jose Greco 8pm 18 Classical guitarist David Chappell 8pm DECEMBER 1 F ir st Capital S ing Outs 7:30 pm 2 Lindenwood College Orch estra 16 Christmas Vespers L inde nwood Choir and O r ch estra 

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