Mauckingbird Theatre Company presents Moliere's The Misanthrope January 9, 2008

Mauckingbird Theatre Company presents Moliere's
The Misanthrope
January 10 - February 2, 2008
In a new version by Ranjit Bolt
Directed by Peter Reynolds
Adrienne Theatre Second Stage
2030 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
Tickets: Adults - $20, Students $15
Box Office: 215-563-4330

Moliere’s brilliant comedy about the hypocrisies of the 17th century French aristocracy is transplanted to a gay society in Mauckingbird Theatre Company’s premiere production. This modern spin on the classic debate between etiquette and earnestness is performed by an all-male cast, led by Dito van Reigersberg (Pig Iron Theatre Company, Martha Graham Cracker) as Alceste. Alienated from society by its insincerities, the misanthropic Alceste rails against the disingenuous conduct of the men who surround him. Yet he pursues the seemingly most shallow of all: the narcissistic “pretty-boy” Celimene (Evan Jonigkeit). When Celimene’s deceitful nature is revealed, Alceste’s excessive virtue is challenged and Moliere makes his strongest argument against a world of fashionable false pretenses.

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