Creative Team
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presented in partnership with LeFrak Center, Lakeside and Prospect Park Alliance
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Starring
Heidi Armbruster, Kaliswa Brewster, Chris Henry Coffey, Naomi Lorrain, Jared McNeill, Jennifer Mudge, Postell Pringle, Tamara Sevunts, Samira Wiley
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Director: Lucie Tiberghien
Producer: Garth Belcon
Production Designer: Kris Stone
Production Manager: Thyra Hartshorn
Video Programing and Technology Consultant: Andy Carluccio
Composer: Stew
Synopsis​
​In The Misanthrope, a society built upon a fragile foundation of up-front politeness and behind-the-back gossip is subjected to Alceste’s wrecking ball of bluntness and disdain for social norms. Ironically, Alceste is madly in love with Célimène, a skilled socialite who deftly navigates the shark-filled waters of polite society in her relentless goal for independence. Can such opposites ever hope to find common ground? In a time of fake news, fake politicians, and the increasing normalization of hypocrisy, Molière’s classic comedy The Misanthrope is a refreshingly biting satire with humor tailor-made for a contemporary Twitter account.
Praise for The Misanthrope
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"When the cast reappeared to take their Zoom bows, inclining their heads toward their computer cameras, they were greeted with written “bravo”s and the sound—joyful to imagine—of many yellow hand emojis clapping."
- The New Yorker - Alexandra Schwartz
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“I was surprised how much it affected me. I felt that I was sitting in the theater!”
- Audience Reaction
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“That might be the best Misanthrope I’ve ever seen. Those actors are perfection. And I kind of think Molière was writing for Zoom and didn’t know it.”
- Audience Reaction
