Tartuffe: Born Again

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. Topanga

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum presents a hilarious satire about greed, corruption and hypocrisy at its beautiful outdoor venue in Topanga. In Tartuffe: Born Again, translator and adaptor Freyda Thomas puts a contemporary spin on the original French play, recasting Moliere's Tartuffe as a deposed televangelist who takes advantage of his naïve and gullible host to rook him and his family of their money. Moliere's legendary comedic characters are wonderfully at home in this present day version, which is set in a religious television studio in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and written wholly in delightful modern verse.

Thru - Oct 13, 2024

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Los Angeles Times - Recommended

"...Celebrated as a satire of religious hypocrisy, “Tartuffe” takes Orgon‘s tyrannical piety to farcical extremes. The humor of the situation is giddily exploited, but it’s the subtle understanding of Orgon’s unconscious motivations that gives the comedy a sneaky depth."

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- Charles McNulty

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

"...That Bible-thumping scoundrel Tartuffe is once again bound and determined to rob a wealthy family blind, albeit this time in the big-haired, big-shouldered 1980s, in Tartuffe: Born Again, Freyda Thomas’s Baton Rouge-set translation of the 1664 Moliere classic, now tickling audience funny bones under Topanga skies at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum."

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- Steven Stanley

Broadway World - Highly Recommended

"...Tartuffe: Born Again is an imaginative, hilarious, delightful adaptation of the classic Molière play running at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga through October 13th. Tartuffe: Born Again is an absolute gem, a show-stopping delight, and you do not want to miss it."

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- Amanda Callas

Tartuffe: Born Again at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum