For Immediate Release

Contact: Barbara K. Laskin or Doug Stone
February 11, 2005
(651) 696-6203

Macalester College Theater and Dance Department Presents
Molière's "The School for Wives"
February 25-27 and March 4-5, 2005

St. Paul, Minn. - Macalester College Theater and Dance Department presents Molière's "The School for Wives," Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Main Stage Theater, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. Tickets are $7 general admission and $5 for seniors and groups. Performances are 7:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat., Feb. 25-26, and Fri. and Sat., Mar. 4-5. There is also a 2 p.m. performance on Sun., Feb. 27. Theater and Dance Department Professor Sears A. Eldredge directs.

One of Molière's best-loved comedies, "The School for Wives" first production in 1662 starred the playwright himself in the role of Arnolphe. Arnolphe has schemed to marry his young ward Agnes whom he has kept in a convent since the age of five in the hopes that she will remain devoted, ignorant and chaste - in other words, the "perfect" wife. But he doesn't count on Agnes meeting Horace and falling madly in love. Then the competition - and the fun - really begin.

Sears A. Eldredge has directed numerous productions of classic and contemporary plays at Macalester. He has also directed shows at The Drama Studio, London, and Berkeley, California, and at Theatre in the Round in Minneapolis. An article about his intercultural noh play, "Return to Kanburi," appeared in the spring 2004 issue of the international magazine Kyoto Journal (#56).

Macalester is a private, national liberal arts college with a full-time enrollment of 1,845 students. Macalester is nationally recognized for its long-standing commitment to academic excellence, internationalism, diversity and civic engagement.

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