Tartuffeby MOLIÈRE adapted by RICHARD WILBUR
directed by MELISSA LOURIE Richard Wilbur’s brilliant verse translation is hilarious, witty and contemporary... Molière meets McMansion. Middlebury Acting Company drags Tartuffe out of 17th-century Paris and drops him straight into the granite-countered, three-car-garage chaos of nouveau-riche New England — and he fits right in. This razor-sharp modern staging trades powdered wigs for velour tracksuits, proving that religious hypocrisy, family dysfunction, and a con man's uncanny ability to talk his way into someone else's house never go out of style. Molière wrote the original influencer scam; we just gave him a Range Rover and a home gym. Come watch a 350-year-old comedy feel like it was written for 21st Century America. Written in 1664, Tartuffe remains one of theater's sharpest examinations of hypocrisy and self-delusion, and this production argues it has never felt more relevant. Trading salon intrigue for suburban excess, this take on the classic finds the con artist of Molière's imagination alive and well in the age of influencers, wellness gurus, and conmen. |
NOVEMBER 5-8 and 12-15
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CAST:
Jordan Gullikson (TARTUFFE)
Jason Lorber (ORGON)
Andrew Cassel (CLEANTE)
Ramona Beskin (DORINE)
Peyton Mader (ELMIRE)
Christina Dewar (MARIANNE)
Annie Moore Cox (PERNELLE)
Ian Walls (DAMIS)
Will McKay (VALERE)
Geeda Searforce (LOYAL)
Tom Noble (OFFICER)