Molière TARTUFFE, dir. Oskaras KORŠUNOVAS

Translated from French by Aleksys CHURGINAS

Director — Oskaras KORŠUNOVAS

Set Designer — Vytautas NARBUTAS

Costume Designer — Sandra STRAUKAITĖ

Composer — Gintaras SODEIKA

Video Projection Artist — Algirdas GRADAUSKAS

Choreographer — Vesta GRABŠTAITĖ

Lighting Designer — Eugenijus SABALIAUSKAS

Assistant Director — Antanas OBCARSKAS

Cast:

Tartuffe — Giedrius SAVICKAS

Madame Pernelle — Eglė MIKULIONYTĖ, Nelė SAVIČENKO

Orgon — Salvijus TREPULIS

Elmire — Toma VAŠKEVIČIŪTĖ, Rimantė VALIUKAITĖ

Damis — Kęstutis CICĖNAS, Gediminas RIMEIKA

Mariane — Agnieška RAVDO, Vaidilė JUOZAITYTĖ

Valère — Eimantas PAKALKA

Cléante — Algirdas DAINAVIČIUS, Darius MEŠKAUSKAS

Dorine — Rasa SAMUOLYTĖ

Monsieur Loyal — Remigijus BUČIUS

Baroque Dancer — Vesta GRABŠTAITĖ

Concertmaster — Joris SODEIKA

Concertmaster — Monika LAUKAITYTĖ-MIKLOVIENĖ

Director Oskaras Koršunovas: “Tartuffe is a ‘hero’ of our times. A perfect conformist, a careerist, a pragmatist, and a libertine. To achieve his goals, this character stops at nothing. Of course, in the new production, he will not pretend to be a saint; he is more of an excellent public relations specialist who understands well that there is no better tool for fooling the gullible than morality, which he cynically manipulates. Hypocrisy and lies are merely image-building for him, and enriching himself at the expense of others is proof of his strength and superiority. Tartuffes always profess the ‘religion’ of the day. In Molière’s time, they were hiding in the Church; in the Soviet era, in the Party; and now they are where Mammon is: in banks, in politics, etc. They are always ideologically correct and manage to dress the worst deeds in the garb of the most beautiful words. The global financial crisis is a consequence of Tartuffism. This comedy is especially relevant today in Lithuania, where Tartuffism is simply flourishing.