2008/09 Season
Tartuffe
by Moliere
World premiere of a new translation by ESP member David Nicholson
Directed by Harvey Levkoe
When the religious hypocrite Tartuffe ingratiates himself with Orgon and his mother, Mme. Pernelle, they take him into their home and promise Orgon’s daughter’s hand in marriage (even as Tartuffe secretly attempts to seduce Orgon’s wife, Elmire). Everyone else sees through Tartuffe’s pose but is it too late to save the family from eviction and to keep Orgon from being thrown in prison? This playful new adaptation of Molière’s classic comedy, performed in straightforward prose, sharply satirizes hypocrisy, deceit and blind religious piety.
THEA award winners for Best Sound Design for a Comedy for Harvey Levkoe & David Glover, Best Performance by a Male in a Supporting Role in a Comedy for Robert Ouellette, Special Adjudicator's Award for a Comedy: Best Translation for David Nicholson, Best Set Design for a Comedy awarded to Wayne Cardinalli, Best Director of a Comedy awarded to Harvey Levkoe and Best Production of a Comedy.
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Proof
by David Auburn
Directed by Robert Ouellette
On the eve of her 25th birthday, Catherine, a young woman who has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable mathematician father Robert, must deal not only with his death but also with the arrival of her estranged sister Claire as well as the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father. Hal hopes to find important work in the 103 notebooks that Robert left behind. As Catherine weighs Hal’s affections and Claire’s plan for her life she struggles with the most disturbing question of all: how much of her father’s genius - or madness - has she inherited?
THEA award winner for Best Set Design for a Drama for Robert Ouellette
Waiting in the Wings
by Noel Coward
Directed by Jan Francies
The Wings is a British charity home for retired actresses. It provides for those who have been stars or leading ladies and are now reduced to poverty. No actress under the age of 60 is eligible for admission. When long-time resident May Davenport learns that Lotta Bainbridge is about to take up residence she’s furious. May and Lotta haven’t spoken since a rumoured ‘quarrel’ that led to a 30-year feud between them. The Wings’ residents have also been lobbying the fund committee for a solarium lounge, which is ‘under consideration’. The fun begins. As a plan is hatched to raise the needed money, we join the world of the colourful characters and zany events at The Wings.
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