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Dramat Production Brings Mirth to Audiences
Those attending Westminster Dramat’s performances of Molière’s farce “The Imaginary Cuckold or Sganarelle” Nov. 8-10 were treated to an evening of laughter during the commedia dell’arte style play.
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“The Imaginary Cuckold” was so popular in its day that Cardinal Mazarin and Louis XIV committed Molière and his troupe to perform the play privately for them on multiple occasions,” wrote Westminster’s Director of Theater A-men Rasheed in his director’s notes for the program. “I am so proud of how all of my student performers and technicians worked in achieving this play.” In describing commedia dell’arte, he added, “Think of Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Charlie Chaplin and Carol Burnett, all masters of the genre.”
The cast included:
Gorgibus - Jewel Brown
Celie - Madison Caan
Lelie - Stan Sandoval
Gros-Rene - Jeremy Mason
Sganarelle - John Fitzpatrick
Sganarelle’s wife - Yvonne Pruitt
Villebrequin - Alastair Smith
Valere - Duncan Kellogg
French woman - Sarah Holmes
Celie’s maid - Cara Dealy
The relative - Rebecca Ryan
The player - Alan Clymer
Man helper - Kris Hargraves
Beelzebub - George Brown
The production staff included:
Technical director - Bill Liebert
Production stage manager - Charlie Beck
Lighting design - Charlie Beck
Sound design - A-men Rasheed
Costumes provided by Vivianna Lamb
Audio - Joanna Beach, Dong Ho Park
Lights - Karlie Werdmolder
Choreography - Jewel Brown
Fight choreography A-men Rasheed
Construction and painting: Sebastian Aboitiz, Sarah Alibrahimi, Nick Aube, Whitney Barrett, Joanna Beach, Charlie Beck, John Dowling, Reed Melhado, Jake McCausland, Dong Ho Park, Karlie Werdmolder, Alex Wrona
Music direction - David Chrzanowski
Musicians - David Chrzanowski, chairman of the boards
Kaitlin Tse, violin
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