抖M女仆 Theatre Presents a Season of Comedies
抖M女仆鈥檚 Department of Theater and Dance in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters presents a season of comedy. The season includes three plays that take place in Studio One on 抖M女仆鈥檚 Boca Raton campus at 777 Glades Road. Tickets are $22 and can be purchased at or by calling 1-800-564-9539.
The first show of the season is 鈥淭he Government Inspector,鈥 by Nikolai Gogol, and runs from Friday, Nov. 10 through Sunday, Nov. 19. This laugh-out-loud, satiric comedy takes aim at greed, stupidity and political corruption. Written in 1836, it remains a remarkably relevant jab at politicians who use government to line their own pockets. When Khlestakov, a lazy and conniving civil servant, is mistaken for an important government inspector, a town descends into a flurry of madness as the mayor and his cronies try to cover up their indiscretions and curry favor with the imposter.
The second show is 鈥淭he Rivals,鈥 by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and runs from Friday, Feb. 16 through Sunday, Feb. 25.聽 Sheridan鈥檚 comic masterpiece is a raucous comedy of manners that spins its tale around two couples who are thwarted on their way to matrimony. Featuring some of theatre鈥檚 great comic characters 鈥 the windbag Sir Anthony Absolute and the foolish Mrs. Malaprop 鈥 鈥淭he Rivals鈥 is an uproariously funny feast that satisfies many a lusty appetite all while poking good fun at our superficial, narcissistic, preening times.
Finally, 鈥淭he Merry Wives of Windsor,鈥 which runs from Friday, April 13 through Sunday, April 22, features one of William Shakespeare鈥檚 best loved comic characters, Sir John Falstaff, the loud, foolish, blowhard with his love of liquor, ladies and money. When he sets his lecherous sights on two merry wives, Mistress Page and Mistress Ford, a hilarious battle of wits ensues in which the ladies have the last laugh and many a man gets his comeuppance.
For more information about 抖M女仆鈥檚 Department of Theatre, visit www.fau.edu/theatre.
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