Frank’s sojourn in the UK has made him more sardonic than ever. He is joined by his friend Clitander (Jamil Joseph), who is influential at court, and the misanthropic Frank (Drew Kopas), all in black, who has just returned from the far more mundane shores of Britain. Philinte (Dylan Arredondo), in a stunning pink ensemble, initially offers us a cynical and very funny monologue on the benighted state of life in 17th-century France. Natalie Cutcher (Célimène) and Gwen Grastorf (Arsinoë) in ‘The School for Lies.’ Photo by DJ Corey Photography.Ĭonstellation Theatre Company’s gorgeous production will leave you feeling like you’ve just had several glasses of champagne, are ordained by Fate to solve all the world’s problems, and will under no circumstances have a hangover. But Molière, a comic genius, was so dedicated to his craft that he was literally carried off the stage to his deathbed. He was often harassed by the authorities, and his plays were sometimes deemed obscene and/or anti-religious.

Molière (1622–1673), whose work was celebrated at the glittering court of the Sun King Louis XIV, was a playwright, actor, and poet all in one. Much like the masterpiece that inspired it, Molière’s The Misanthrope, Ives’ play is dedicated to the proposition that even those who go through life proclaiming that they only speak the truth are just as deluded as everyone else. Molière knew all about misinformation all the way back in 1666, and David Ives’ The School for Lies plunges us right into the middle of it.

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