{"id":2843,"date":"2014-04-04T14:31:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T18:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2014\/04\/04\/the-last-laugh\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T18:01:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T23:01:31","slug":"the-last-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/the-last-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"The last laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>French playwright Moliere\u2019s classic play <em>The Imaginary Invalid<\/em> has always held special meaning for theatre arts professor Rhett Bryson.<\/p>\n<p>He was first involved with \u201cInvalid\u201d as a professional actor in Sarasota, Fla. He directed the show at Furman in 1976 and again in 1996. His colleague and friend, theatre arts professor Jay Oney, is reprising the title role of Argan he played in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s production of \u201cInvalid\u201d is sure to keep the production a favorite for Bryson and many others. \u201cEach student has brought their unique talent and interpretation to the production,\u201d said Bryson. \u201cIt\u2019s a fresh, invigorating take on a classic play, full of interesting characters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furman University\u2019s Theatre Arts Department will present the comic genius of Moliere in its presentation of <em>The Imaginary Invalid<\/em> at the Furman Playhouse. It begins at 8 p.m. April 2-5 and April 10-12 and includes a 3 p.m. performance Sunday, April 6.<\/p>\n<p>Bryson directs \u201cInvalid,\u201d Moliere\u2019s last play, in an adaptation by Eberle Thomas that highlights the healing medicine of hearty laughter. It tells the story of Argan, a hypochondriac who seeks treatment from a host of bumbling doctors offering frightening cures for his \u201cfailing\u201d health. While he hatches a plan for his daughter to marry a doctor in order to secure his medical future, his daughter has other plans.<\/p>\n<p>The production features more than 30 Furman students in the cast and crew, including Dakota Adams \u201917 as Cleante, Sal Donzella \u201917 as Dr. Diafoirus Sr., Sam Nelson \u201917 as Thomas Diafoirus, and theatre professor and department chair Jay Oney as Argan. The cast also includes Alan Bryson as Dr. Purgon, Clare Ruble \u201917 as Beline, Haley Brown \u201917 as Angelique, Erin Barnett \u201916 as Louison, Sam Feigenbaum \u201915 as Beralde, Rusty Johnson \u201916 as Monsieur Fleurant, Robert Fuson \u201915 as Monsieur Bonnefoi and Kenzie Wynne \u201917 as Toinette. Alan Bryson is lighting and scenic designer and Callie Nestleroth \u201914 is costume designer.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $16 general admission, $13 for seniors, $10 for Furman faculty and staff, and $8 for students. To purchase tickets or more information, contact the box office at (864) 294-2125.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French playwright Moliere\u2019s classic play The Imaginary Invalid has always held special meaning for theatre arts professor Rhett Bryson. He was first involved with \u201cInvalid\u201d as a professional actor in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":13356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-theatre-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}