Free Virtual Performance
The Misanthrope
by Molière in the Park

LIVE on Facebook and YouTube

Saturday, May 2, 2020
7pm ET
In English



FIAF partners with Molière in the Park to present two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Wilbur’s English translation of the classic French comedy of manners The Misanthrope.

Streamed LIVE from the actors’ homes in New York City, Milwaukee, and Perugia, Italy, with special appearances from Samira Wiley and Stew, this contemporary take on the beloved play about a cantankerous bachelor and his unrequited love in 17th-century France, is directed by Molière in the Park founder Lucie Tiberghien.

In English
Performance: 90 minutes
Q&A: 20 minutes

Cast & Creative Team

Special appearances by Samira Wiley and Stew.

Starring: Heidi Armbruster, Kaliswa Brewster, Chris Henry Coffey, Naomi Lorrain, Jared McNeill, Jennifer Mudge, Postell Pringle, and Tamara Sevunts.

Direction: Lucie Tiberghien
English Translation: Richard Wilbur
Production Design: Kris Stone
Video and Tech Design: Andrew Carluccio
Technical Consultant: Century Tree – John Freeman
Graphic Design: Unterdruck – Liane Fredel