By Christine Ball

Buffalo State College’s performing arts department and the student organization, Casting Hall, are preparing for this semester’s performance of “Tartuffe”, scheduled to be performed April 9 –13 in the Flexible Theater located in the Theater Arts Building.

“We chose Tartuffe to give actors the opportunity to do a comedy in periods,” said Assistant State Manager and President of Casting Hall Arianna Boykins.

This means that actors get a chance to do something in different kinds of costume. For example guys will be seen in French baroques and stockings.

“Tartuffe” can be seen:

• April 7 and 8 at 8 p.m. (free preview)
• April 9 – 11 at 8 p.m.
• April 12 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
• April 13 at 2 p.m.

“Tartuffe”, or “The hypocrite” is a five-act comedy about a poor beggar named Tartuffe. He fools a house owner, Orgon, into letting him stay with Organ’s family. Orgon, successfully being fooled by Tartuffe, decides that Tartuffe is going to marry his daughter Marianne and inherit his riches. Elmire, Orgon’s wife, tries to convince Tartuffe not to marry her daughter, but Tartuffe only tries to get Elmire to sleep with him. She refuses and tries to tell her husband that Tartuffe is a fraud, but Orgon does not believe her.

After Tartuffe has inherited everything from Orgon, he tries to get Orgon arrested. The ending has a twist, but to know it have to see the show.
Students performing in “Tartuffe” are Luke Wager as Orgon, Rick Lattimer as Tartuffe, Brennan Carlucci as Elmire and Sara Skinner as Dorine.

“Practices run 7:30 to 9:30 every night, Monday through Friday,” said Boykins.

Tickets for “Tartuffe” will be sold at the box office located on the second floor of Rockwell Hall.
Ticket prices are:

• $3.00 for students
• $5.00 for senior citizens and students
• $6.00 for adults