Sunday, Sept 27 at 2:00PM
In Person
Moliere In The Park’s Don Juan
The show is 100 minutes, no intermission
Don Juan has abandoned Elvira, whom he seduced into breaking her vows and marrying him.
Over the course of a single adventure-filled day, he and his loyal sidekick, Sganarelle, encounter many of the people Don Juan has betrayed.
As he seduces women, defies social conventions, mocks religion, and revels in provocation,
his appetite for transgression seems impossible to satisfy. Yet the signs are unmistakable:
the walls are closing in.
Will he truly repent? Or will he just pretend to, like so many around him,
and continue down the same path to the bitter end?
Molière in the Park, Brooklyn's home for free, world-class theater, invites you to experience Don Juan -
a thrilling tale of desire, power, and hypocrisy. Translated by Stephen Wadsworth, directed by Lucie
Tiberghien, and featuring a live cello score by Johnathan Moore, Don Juan is a masterful blend of
comedy, tragedy, and the supernatural.
Running from September 5 through 27 at Prospect Park' LeFrak Center at Lakeside.
Free reservations are encouraged.
Translated and adapted by Stephen Wadsworth and directed by Drama Desk nominee Lucie
Tiberghien, Don Juan is one of Molière’s most thrilling and provocative plays. A feverish descent
from seduction to reckoning, the play blends comedy, tragedy, and the supernatural, pushing
Molière’s exploration of hypocrisy and morality further than any of his other works.
In MIP's staging, three actors (Naomi Lorrain, Daniel Pearce, Michelle Veintimilla) transform
before our eyes into more than ten characters, while Don Juan (Keshav Moodliar) and his faithful
sidekick Sganarelle (Kaliswa Brewster) remain the only fixed figures in a world that constantly
shifts around them. The result is a fast-paced theatrical spectacle where identities blur, loyalties
shift, and the unexpected lurks at every corner.
The production will once again feature original cello music by Drama Desk nominated composer
Johnathan Moore.
“Don Juan feels especially urgent right now; Molière presents us with a myriad of characters,
both farcical and tragic, heroic and deeply flawed, charming and repulsive, while never taking
sides. Instead, he holds a mirror up to each and every one of us, inviting us to examine who we
are and where we stand in the face of hypocrisy, accountability, and power,” said director Lucie
Tiberghien.
