American Repertory Theatre
 

THE MISER

by Molière
adapted by David Ball
directed by Dominique Serrand

June 19 - July 18, 2004
at the Loeb Drama Center

For the last production of the 2003-04 Season, the A.R.T. company joins forces with Theatre de la Jeune Lune, an innovative ensemble known for mining popular performance traditions - from classical farce and commedia dell'arte to circus and vaudeville. Founded in Paris and now based in Minneapolis, Jeune Lune's immediate, high-spirited, passionately physical, and visually spectacular theatre is perfectly suited to Molière's comedy.

cast - photos - synopsis - related links

Above: Nathan Keepers and Steven Epp. Click any photo for a larger image. All photos by Richard Feldman.

scenic design by Riccardo Hernandez
costume design by Sonya Berlovitz
lighting design by Marcus Dillard

 


sound design David Remedios
stage manager Thomas Kauffman

 

CAST

Harpagon ... Steven Epp Master Jacques ... Remo Airaldi
Cléante ... Stephen Cartmell La Flèche ... Nathan Keepers
Élise ... Sarah Agnew Dame Claude ... Natalie Moore
Valère ... Will LeBow servants ... Peter Cambor
Mariane ... Natalie Moore   ... Paul DiMilla
Anselme ... Bern Budd   ... Jane Elliott
Frosine ... Karen MacDonald   ... Jodi Dick
Master Simon ... Bern Budd

 

Steven Epp and Remo Airaldi

PHOTOS

Click any thumbnail for a full-size image. Photos: Richard Feldman.

SYNOPSIS

The old skinflint Harpagon has decided it's time to marry off his children. He's found an old man who won't demand a dowry for his daughter, Élise, and a rich widow for his son, Cléante. But Élise is already in love with Harpagon's servant, Valère. And Cléante, who spends money as passionately as his father hoards it, is enamoured of the penniless Mariane. Harpagon, however, has already decided to take Mariane for his own wife. Convinced his children are plotting to rob him blind, he proceeds with his own arrangements until, to his horror, he discovers that the fortune he buried in his garden has been stolen.

RELATED LINKS

ARTicles

Media Coverage

  • Boston Globe - Greed is good: ART's smart production of 'The Miser' includes a generous helping of farce -
    by Ed Siegel
  • Boston Globe - Pooling their resources for Moliere's Miser - by Catherine Foster
  • Boston Phoenix - Cheap Thrills: The Miser pays off at the ART - by Carolyn clay
  • Boston Phoenix - Hoarder in the court: The ART gets serious about The Miser - by Sally Craigin
  • Patriot-Ledger - Perfect, profane Moliere on stage at A.R.T. - by Jon Lehman
  • WBUR - Terminal Skinflint: A new production of The Miser contains plenty of comic gold - by Bill Marx

Order the poster by designer Burt Sun via the zazzle.com website.

Special thanks to production sponsors
Philip & Hilary Burling
Priscilla S. & Richard M. Hunt.

The directorship of Dominique Serrand is sponsored by
Horace & Cassandra Irvine.

Special support for new work and innovation provided by
The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.

This page updated July 18, 2004
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