Tartuffe the Imposter at Miami's FIU Theatre

FIU Theatre will present Molière's classic farce, TARTUFFE THE
IMPOSTER in a fresh (and non-rhyming) translation by Christopher
Hampton. The show is directed by Leroy Clark and runs Thursday,
Friday and Saturday at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM January 12 through
the 22, 2006. The play, complete with authentic period costumes by
Marilyn Skow, takes place in a well-appointed recreation of a
seventeenth century drawing room (Designed by Rob Eastman-Mullins)
on our Mainstage in the Wertheim Performing Arts Complex. Tickets
are $10.00 General Admission and $8.00 for FIU Students.

THE STORY: In seventeenth century Paris, during the reign of Louis
the XIV (the Sun King), a wealthy and gullible Parisian named Orgon
has a young and beautiful second wife and two grown children from
his previous marriage. Orgon becomes mesmerized by Tartuffe, a
religious faker, who worms his way into the man's house, affections
and good graces with nothing but the most sinister of intentions.
Orgon's family is driven to distraction by his blind devotion to
Tartuffe. Their increasingly desperate attempts to unmask the crafty
hypocrite in Orgon's eyes drive the play to a wild and dangerous
climax.

Originally written and performed before the King in 1664, TARTUFFE
THE IMPOSTER was deemed so controversial that the King did not allow
it to be licensed for public performance for five long years and
many clerics demanded that the author be burned at the stake as a
heretic. Since its official first public performance on February 5,
1669, it has received thousands of productions and has become one of
the most popular plays in the world.

To purchase tickets or request more information, call the Box Office
at 305-348-3789 or visit our website at http://www.fiu.edu/~thedan

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