Description

This French fanfare of love and addiction whisks you away to 17th century Paris. Although not entirely, for while the dialog is completely spoken in rhyming verse, it is with a contemporary, playful, almost Dr. Seuss-like feel. From the opening scene, the audience is in on the joke that these characters aren't as old-fashioned as their dress or the backdrop imply. The inconsistency to the time period gives a nice edge to the play. Watch with delight as Valere, the obsessed gambler tries to win his love, Angelique by putting an end to his wicked ways, while simultaneously warding off the demands of everyone else. You'll be rolling with the rest of the audience at the so very foppish Marquis Fauxpas, the servant Hector, who tries helplessly to guide his master, and the promiscuous widow, Madame Argante who is after Valere. Valere is played by Lorenzo Pisoni, Hector by Gregory Wallace, and Angelique by Margot White. Directed by Ron Lagomarsino and written by Freyda Thomas. The Gamester is an adaptation of Regnard's “Le Joueur.”