The School for Lies
Performance
Department of Theater

The School for Lies

February 14 - 22, 2025

This event occurred as part of the 24/25 Theater Department season. This is an archived view.

This wild farce of furious tempo and stunning verbal display is adapted from Molière's 'The Misanthrope'.

24/25 Theater Department

By David Ives
Inspired by Molière
Directed by Jamie Horton

The brightest, wittiest salon in Paris is that of Celimene, a beautiful young widow so known for her satiric tongue she's being sued for it. Surrounded by shallow suitors, whom she lives off of without surrendering to, Celimene has managed to evade love since her beloved husband died—until today, when Frank appears. A traveler from England known for his own coruscating wit and acidic misanthropy, Frank turns Celimene's world upside-down, taking on her suitors, matching her barb for barb, and teaching her how to live again. (Never mind that their love affair has been engineered by a couple of well-placed lies.) Another incomparable romp from the brilliant author of All in the Timing.

Please note that The School for Lies contains profane and sexual language.

Thursday, February 20 performance will be open-captioned.
Friday, February 21 performance will be followed by a talkback with members of the cast and director Jamie Horton.

Photo: Rob Strong

“A fun, frilly and decidedly cheeky adaptation…The School for Lies is a rom-com for wordsmiths…Ives’ streamlined, 90-minute plot, unstoppable couplets, and the infusion of mega-topical references blows [Le Misanthrope] wide open for today’s audience.”

Metro Weekly

“…we are in prime-time rhyme time yet again with uber-clever playwright David Ives…slyly funny…an irreverent tribute…”

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