PCC Mainstage Theater presents “Tartuffe”, by Molière

Molière, translated into English verse by Richard Wilbur

Directed by Suzanne Hunt-Jenner

Seven performances:

Friday, November 22 - Saturday, December 7

Show times: 2:00pm and 7:30pm

Center for the Arts Theater - CA 135

Synopsis: The story takes place in the home of the wealthy Orgon, where Tartuffe—a fraud and a pious imposter—has insinuated himself. He succeeds magnificently in winning the respect and devotion of the head of the house, and then tries to marry his daughter and seduce his wife and scrounge the deed to the property. He nearly gets away with it, but an emissary from King Louis XIV arrives in time to recover the property, free Monsieur Orgon, and haul Tartuffe off to J*il. And so his duplicity is finally exposed and punished. But not before the author has mercilessly examined the evil that men can commit in the guise of religious fervor and the dangers that imperil those who would believe only what they choose to believe despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary.

This performance is presented to satisfy a portion of the requirements for Theater Rehearsal and Performance (THRT 029), Stage Techniques (THRT 030), and/or Fundamentals of Stage Lighting (THRT 041).

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