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DELL 'ARTE THEATRE'S THE GOLDEN STATE
The famed Dell'Arte theatre company returns to Los Angeles for the first time in over 20 years!
The Golden State: Comedy. By Lauren Wilson, adapted from The Miser by Moliere. Directed by Michael Fields.
In 1667, Moliere's incarnation of greed was a rich old coot named Harpagon, whose love for his cash-box eclipsed all other loves, even that for his children. The Golden State, set in a sun-drenched and hedonistic Southern California, also draws its inspiration from humanity's blinding and passionate lust for money. It takes Molire's comedy of profit-driven family relations and turns it on its head, re-inventing the miser as an elderly California widow with a fortune stuffed in her bra and whose adult children are the desperate products of her fanatical hoarding.
"Through all the absurdities of the play, a portrait of California emerges that has little in common with the sunny 'Golden State' of tourist brochures and civic boosterism," says Wilson. "As is always true with Molire, this inherently comic tale has a tragic heart."
The Golden State is designed by associate artistic director and award-winning scenographer Giulio Cesare Perrone, with original music and sound design by local favorite Tim Gray and lighting by San Francisco designer David Robertson. The stellar acting ensemble includes Dell'Arte Company members Joan Schirle, Barbara Geary, Keight Gleason, and Tyler Olsen as well as Company guest artists Adrian Mejia, Laura Beth Greenwald, John Achorn and Guillermo Caulderon.
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Location24th Street Theatre
1117 W. 24th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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