| The Marriage of Figaro opens
tonight! |
By
Beaumarchais
Directed by
Francine
Roussel
music composed by
Mike
Krisukas
scenic design
by
Curtis Dretschcostume design by
Liz
Coveychoreography by
Nina Pongratz
Writing a few years before the French
Revolution, Beaumarchais pours his rage at the aristocracy into a comedy
of class and sexual inequality that manages equal parts hilarity and
outrage. Originally produced in 1784, the play served as inspriation for
Mozart's famous 1786 opera.
Three years after the happy ending
of The Barber of Seville (to which Marriage is a sequel), it’s the valet’s turn
to marry. But his master the Count has tired of his lovely Countess and lusts
for Figaro’s bride-to-be, Suzanne; he determines to revive the ancient droit du
seigneur—the lord of the manor’s right to bed any new bride on her wedding
night. Figaro and the women concoct a counter-plot, but the
Count’s page, Cherubin, makes hash of it through his passionate crush on the
Countess. The multiple layers of misunderstanding yield one of the most
perfect farce scenes of all time, in one of the most scathing critiques
of aristocratic privilege ever written.
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| April
25-28 |
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Thursday,
Apr. 25, 8 p.m.
Friday,
Apr. 26, 8 p.m.
Saturday,
Apr. 27, 8 p.m.
Sunday,
Apr. 28, 2 p.m.
Campus price:
$8for students, faculty, staff, and
their families.
Additional tickets are
$15.
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The Marriage of
Figaro Company
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Ian Jesse Curtis, Maggie
Robertson, Jeffrey Robb, Chelsea Montgomery-Duban, Georgie Simon, Kevin
Mitchell, Lillian Pritchard, Kelley Annesley, Zach Love, Jason Avezzano, George
Primavera, Josh Shapiro, Zachary Jackson, Molly Karlin, Paige Klibanoff, Helen
Laser, Jamie Leigh Lepper, Mac Myles, Kevin F. Rogers, Michael Witkes, Kaity
Doran, Lauren Goldberger, Danielle Pampinella, Adina Halperin, Corin Killins,
Julia Rock |
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