Conductor: David Sloss, Director: Kenneth
Tigar
Set & Costume Design: Richard W. Battle, Lighting
Design: Chad Bonaker, Sound Design: Jack
E. Wilkinson
ACT 1
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Mme. Pernelle Orgon (Constance Howard) points out the faults
she sees in Damis (Michael Strelo-Smith), Mariane (Sylvia
Eowyn Bloom), Dorine (Aimée Puentes), and Elmire (Rachel
Michelberg), while her maid Flipote (Mia Tova Lieberman)
waits at the door with her luggage. |
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Orgon (Eric Coyne) remembers the fervor of Tartuffe's piety
in church. |
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Orgon (Eric Coyne) tries to persuade his daughter Mariane
(Sylvia Eowyn Bloom) to marry Tartuffe while the maid Dorine
(Aimée Puentes) points out the absurdity of his plan. |
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Mariane (Sylvia Eowyn Bloom) decides that suicide is the
only resolution to her predicament and prepares "the
bitter cup of Morpheus" but Dorine (Aimée Puentes)
prevents her from "dying happily ever after." |
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Mariane (Sylvia Eowyn Bloom) and Valère (Kurt Alakulppi)
envision a life of sorrow apart as Dorine (Aimée Puentes)
chaperones. |
ACT II
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Tartuffe (James Akin) explains to Elmire (Darla Wigginton)
that like other men he is made of flesh and blood and bone,
and the heart that beats within his breast is not made of stone.
In fact, his pious attitude does not blind him to pulchritude. |
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Mariane (Sylvia Eowyn Bloom) begs her father Orgon (Eric
Coyne) not to make her marry Tartuffe (James Akin) as Damis
(Michael Strelo-Smith), Valère (Brian Staufenbiel),
Elmire (Darla Wigginton), and Dorine (Aimée Puentes)
sympathize. |
ACT III
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Hidden under the table, Orgon (Eric Coyne) faints dead away
when Tartuffe (James Akin) tries to seduce Elmire (Rachel Michelberg). |
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The Bailiff (Michael Strelo-Smith) reveals his secret identity
and the plan to trap Tartuffe to Elmire (Rachel Michelberg),
Dorine (Aimée Puentes), Orgon (Eric Coyne), Mme. Pernelle
(Constance Howard), and Flipote (Mia Tova Lieberman). |
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The King's Envoy (Sylvia Eowyn Bloom) greets Tartuffe (James
Akin) as the Police (Kurt Alakulppi) and the Bailiff (Michael
Strelo-Smith) restrain Orgon (Eric Coyne). Elmire (Rachel Michelberg),
Flipote (Mia Tova Lieberman), Mme. Pernelle (Constance Howard),
Servant (Will Beckett), and Dorine (Aimée Puentes) watch. |
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The happy couple Valère (Kurt Alakulppi) and
Mariane (Sylvia Eowyn Bloom) circled by Mme. Pernelle
(Constance Howard), Damis (Michael Strelo-Smith), Dorine (Aimée
Puentes), Servant (Will Beckett), Elmire (Rachel Michelberg),
and Orgon (Eric Coyne). |
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