Stories about "Lavinia Schaeffer"
Learned Ladies celebrates French culture, Schaeffer Theatre's 50th
Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:53 pm
The Learned Ladies, says director Martin Andrucki, is "a wonderful Molière play. It's got all the Molière hallmarks -- the wit, the elegance, both broad and refined humor."
As Bates marks Schaeffer Theatre's 50th, March plays look at French culture, U.S. sexual politics
Thursday, February 24, 2011 2:21 pm
March is a month for theater classics at Bates College. Elizabeth Castellano, a Bates junior from New Suffolk, N.Y., directs the college's production of David Mamet's Oleanna, a highly charged story of sexual politics in the halls of academe. Meanwhile, the theater department honors French culture and marks the 50th anniversary of its mainstage venue, Schaeffer Theatre, with a production of Molière's 1672 satire The Learned Ladies.