April 15, 2005

Tartuffe opens on Troy University stage Wednesday

TROY – The ultimate con artist will make his initial appearance Wednesday at Troy University ’s Trojan Center Theater.

Tartuffe, the 17^th century comedy written by the master of the French farce Moliere and translated into English by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur, will run April 20 – 23 in the Troy campus’ Trojan Center Theatre. Doors open each night at 7 p.m.

The comedy is about con man Tartuffe, played by senior Nick Senecal of Troy , who has weaseled his way into the graces of Orgon, played by junior Jason Ramsey of Caddo Mills, Texas , a gullible Parisian patriarch who thinks Tartuffe a pious untouchable. Blindly devoted, Orgon is ready to give up to Tartuffe his riches, his daughter and, unwittingly, even his wife.

Tartuffe will be directed by Adena Moree, Troy University 's Director of Theatre. The costumes are designed by John Patton, set and sound by Chris Rich, and lighting design by Charles Yeager, a sophomore at Troy University .

Other members of the cast are Laura Beth Alexander (Mariane), a freshman from Tuscaloosa, Alissa Cannon (Mme Pernelle), a freshman from Thomasville, Jenny Davis (Dorine), a senior from Brundidge, Erin Turner (Elmire), a junior from Hoover, Nathan Benton (Damis), a sophomore from Hoover, Michael Smith (Valere), a sophomore from Birmingham, Jeff Watson (Cleante), a sophomore from Albany, Ga., Maurice McCoo (M. Loyal), a freshman from Huntsville, and Jake Askey (police officer), a freshman from Orange Park, Fla.

Tickets for Tartuffe are $5 and may be ordered by calling (334) 670-3293 or at the box office in the Trojan Center .