The Golden State February 1, 2008

A comedy of greed, lust and other American values set in a sun-drenched and hedonistic Southern California, "The Golden State" is a 21st Century adaptation of Molière's comic gem The Miser.

Making its first visit to Los Angeles in nearly 20 years, this is a rare chance to see The Dell'Arte Company, an internationally-renowned physical theater troupe based in Blue Lake, California. Dell'Arte takes Molière's comedy of profit-driven family relations and turns it on its head, re-inventing the miser as an elderly California widow with a fortune stuffed in her bra, whose adult children are the desperate products of her fanatical hoarding. It's Molière with the heat turned up, the stops pulled out and the women on top.

Performances of The Golden State take place on Friday, February 1 and Saturday, February 2 at 8 pm at the Keck Theater, located on the campus of Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd. in Eagle Rock,. Tickets are $18; groups of 10 or more and students are $10. To purchase tickets, call 323-259-2922 or email [email protected]. For directions to the theater, go to http://www.oxy.edu/MapsDirections.xml.

Additional performances of The Golden State take place February 8 through 24, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 3 pm, at 24th Street Theatre, located at 1117 West 24th St. in Los Angeles. Tickets to performances at 24th Street Theatre are $25.00; students and teachers pay only $15.00. To purchase tickets, call (800) 838-3006 or go to www.24thStreet.org.

Official Website: http://dellarte.com/