SCAPIN at Longstreet Theatre

February 19-27
Scapin

By Bill Irwin and Mark O’Donnell
Adapted from Moliere
Directed by Louis Butelli
Longstreet Theatre

Box Office: 777-2551
Box office opens 1 week prior to each production run.
The Box Office is located in Longstreet Theatre, 1300 Greene St.  
Enter from the breezeway off of Sumter St.

This adaptation of one of Molière’s final plays was an instant smash when it premiered Off-Broadway in 1997, and as reported in The New York Times, “would have gone over big with the same audience who first saw The Fourberies de Scapin in 1671.”  Moliere’s outrageous farce introduces us to the trickster servant Scapin, whose expertise in scheming is called upon by two young men, Octave and Leander, both desperate to escape marriages arranged by their fathers.  With the help of his accomplice Sylvestre, Scapin spins ever more elaborate deceptions to help in the men’s romantic pursuits, and achieve some payback for himself in the process. 

“…a generous gag-fest, packed with rib-tickling delights…” — San Francisco Gate