1992 Season
Season Staff:
Nancy Accinelli, Executive Producer
Fredrick H. Thury, Artistic Director
Francesca Accinelli, Associate Director
Mark Easey, Technical Director
Denise Henriques, Producer’s Assistant
Matt Schmider, Producer’s Assistant, Public Relations
Sherma Mitchell, Business Manager
Jeff Keay, Public Relations
The Miser
Feb 5 - 8, 1992
Vanier College Hall
The widower Harpagon, so cheap he’d swipe the pennies off a dead man’s eyes, rules his roost with a tight, iron fist. His son, Cléante, has fallen in love with the beautiful but penniless Mariane; his daughter, Elise, has secretly promised to wed Valère, a young charmer of unknown parentage who has flattered his way into being Harpagon’s chief steward. When Harpagon reveals his plan to wed Mariane himself and yoke Elise to the wealthy but aged Seigneur Anselme, children, suitors, disgruntled servants, and the wily Jill-of-all-trades Frosine conspire to foil him. The miser’s treasure is stolen from its backyard hiding spot, and Harpagon rounds up all the suspects—including the audience—and threatens torture and imprisonment. Only the last-minute arrival of Seigneur Anselme, bearing secrets of his own, can unite the proper couples and restore Harpagon to his one true love—forty-thousand pounds in gold.