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For Immediate Release —March 5, 2009
Drew Zantopp,
left, as Orgon and Chiara Guardo as Lisette in SUNY Geneseo to
Stage Marivaux’s “The Game of Love and Chance” GENESEO,
N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo is staging Pierre Marivaux’s 1730 romantic comedy of
errors, “The Game of Love and Chance” March 4-8 in Brodie Hall’s Alice Austin
Theater on campus. The Wednesday through
Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m.
The Sunday matinee begins at 2 o’clock.
All tickets are $7. The
production revolves around Sylvia, played by graduating senior Linda Freund,
and the complications that ensue when she and her chambermaid, Lisette, played
by junior Chiara Guarda, decide to trade identities for a day when Sylvia's
fiancé, Dorante, comes to visit for the first time. Unbeknownst to Sylvia
and Lisette, Dorante, played by senior Emily Upham, and his valet Harlequin,
played by first-year student Brian Clemente, have decided to trade identities
as well. Only Sylvia's father Orgon, played by Geneseo alumnus Drew
Zantopp, and brother Mario, played by first-year student Hamza Murtaza, know
who is dressed as whom, and though much confusion ensues, a joyous outcome
awaits all six characters. First-year
student Logan Thompson and junior Alexandra Rich share stage management
responsibilities. School of the Arts faculty member Randy Barbara Kaplan
directed and choreographed the production, which features historically accurate
18th-century clothing designed by School of the Arts faculty member
Crystal Ferrell, with lighting and sound by faculty member Johnnie
Ferrell. The scenery was designed by
faculty member Steve Stubblefield. For more
information on the production, call (585) 245-5841. |
