The Fine Arts Department at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perkinston Campus will present “The Imaginary Invalid” by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere as its fall production Oct. 27-29 Curtain will be at 7 o’clock each night in Malone Hall Black Box Theater. Robert M. Barrett Sr., speech and theatre instructor at the Perkinston Campus, is directing the production.
“The Imaginary Invalid,” a French farce, is about a miser, Ardin, who imagines himself sick when he is not. Barrett says, “Ardin dutifully sticks to any instructions given to him by his doctor, and his doctors milk his hypochondria for all it is worth. He wants his daughter, Angelique, to marry a doctor so he can get free medical care, even though she is already in love with Cleante. Together with Ardin's maid Toinette, his brother Beralde attempts to cure Ardin of his fixation on doctors. Toinette and Beralde convince him to play dead, to find out who is really loyal to him.”
To find out Ardin’s fate, call 601-928-6369 to reserve your tickets ($5).
The cast includes the following:
Ardin - R. Max Barrett Jr.
Toinette - Kristen Bankston
Angelique - Hanna Kittrell
Beline - Christine Lopez
Bonnefoi - Dustin Lewis
Cleante - Trey Stiglets
Purjon - Danielle Rockforte
Fleurante - Casey Sharp
Beralde - Skylar Baxter
Louise - Britney Watson
Thomas - William Ashley
Dufois - Tony Russell
The translation used in this production is by Merritt Stone.
