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Lisa Rhoden stars as Mariar Theatre Sept. 27 to Oct. 8. Seasc "Tartuffe" to By KATHY HEBERGER i Staff Writer ] Moliere's Tartuffe, a comedy with a message < about religion, will kick off Longstreet < Theatre's season Wednesday. < "The playrs a lot of fun ? it's hilarious," ] graduate student Linda Khoury, who plays the grandmother, said. "But it's not all fun and games. It also has a serious message about religious hypocrisy." Tartuffe, like most Moliere works, was written with the common man in mind. 'The play 1 has something for all ages. It's something everyone can enjoy. There are poignant scenes condemning religious hypocrisy, scenes with people hiding under tables," Director Richard ] Jennings said. USC students will see the play with a twist, j Jennings and the cast moved the 15th century play to the 19th century. "By changing the setting, we hope to show religious hypocrisy as a 1 universal problem, not something that just hap- I pened in the 15th century," Jennings said. The play deals with a problem happening < VOLUNTEERS f MAKE A BIO flB|P h DIFFERENCE! JQBy Community w Campus Activities Service Programs Center, 227-6688 Are you interested in Art, Fiction, Poel Graphics, or just want to meet some int< Then come join PORTFOLIO MAG/I Located at Russell House Room 3 l I |T-1 - j! r^^^^^yiuli|| Unclassifiable: they stand alone... th< painting, sculpture, video, animated cart< science fiction films. You won't believe your eyes, or your skills as quick change artists, and The B cappeila-jazz-folk-pop-rock-art music wil We guarantee an evening you'll be talkin long time! Buy tickets while they last. Tickets on sale at the Coliseum Box Office a Call 777-SCAT to charge with Visa or I IPfe ' v. - ? le, and Michael Stiver is Valere in Tartuffe, b >n Op: open with hilarity -ight now. 'The play parallels lots of contem- J porary themes, especially the scandals going on < with Jim and Tammy. It's not about them, of :ourse,J>utJt hassome close parallels to-their < rase," graduate student Dale Simonton, who i plays Orgon, said. 1 s Blustery good humor and good laughs at reli- ? gious hypocrites made religious officials of the \ 15th century call for Moliere's burning at the stake. "It was very disturbing for them. Hypo- f crites can't stand being laughed at," Jennings . said. While the play predominantly mocks reli- c gious hypocrisy, it also makes a powerful state- r ment about the truly religious man. "It's not at- fc lacking true religiousness. It's helping people f learn to distinguish," Jennings said. s "Tartuffe's a con man. You shouldn't like him really, but you shouldn't want to send him I to the electric chair either," Simonton said. c Tartuffe, like all humans, is not completely 2 pvil hut hp. has tn hp hplH resnonsible for his s nd SCAT outlets. | A w gJ MasterCard. | try, Non-fiction, grestinfc people? iZIINE staff. 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