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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.
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with Jim and Tammy. It's not about them, of
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rase," graduate student Dale Simonton, who i
plays Orgon, said. 1
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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.
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gious hypocrisy, it also makes a powerful state- r
ment about the truly religious man. "It's not at- fc
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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
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Simonton hopes the audience won't want to
.end his character to the chair after the perfornance.
"Orgon's a likeable kind of guy, but
le's so full of life and broad and loud. There's
;o much ranting and raving that we- have to reilly
concentrate on keeping the play's underlyng
comedy alive," he said.
When the curtain lifts for Act I, late arrivals
nay miss their key to understanding the play
>ecause this first act explains the play.
"It's my favorite scene," Khoury said. "My
haracter is the only one who has fallen for this
eligious man. The others all know he's a scnpru
>ag. My realizations at the end of the play relect
the disillusionment of a lot of people ip
ociety," she said.
Tartuffe opens at 8 p.m. Wednesday at
-ongstreet Theatre. Admission is $5 for stulents,
$9 for the public, and $8 for senior citi:ens,
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