St. Norbert Times

Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: Entertainment

"Initially, the choice to modernize the design of the play was practical," stated Rupsch. "I felt that it was important to begin to introduce students to classic texts, and yet, if we were to place them in their appropriate time period, we simply couldn't afford it."

Instead, Rupsch decided to fast-forward into the 1960s, where many of the elements from Paris in 1664 were simply transferred.

The change surely did not affect anything drastically, as the comedy kept the audience interested and laughing with scene after scene of hilarious interaction. Ponschock's comical portrayal of the dogmatic Orgon, Haddad's hilarious performance as the weak and easily-controlled Mariane, Jacobs' representation of the temptingly-devious Elmire and Gulling's captivatingly cunning creation of Tartuffe makes "Tartuffe" one of the finest plays I have experienced at St. Norbert so far. Bravo to another well-done production, whose unique time warp and fantastic acting has only strengthened the end result.


5/5 stars

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