A Flea in Her Ear Takes the Kenyon Stage
GAMBIER, Ohio (October 12, 2009)The Kenyon College Department of Dance and Drama presents A Flea in Her Ear, a new version of Georges Feydeau's farce by David Ives, on Oct. 15, 16, and 17 at 8 p.m. at Bolton Theater, 205 College-Park Street.
A Flea in Her Ear is a comedic romp set in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. A wife suspects her sexually-inattentive husband, Victor, of infidelity, and she and her best friend plot to uncover the affair by writing him an invitation from a secret admirer to a romantic rendezvous. When the faithful Victor reads this letter, however, he assumes that it was meant not for him but for his best friend, Tournel, who in fact secretly lusts after Victor's wife. Further twists include the husband of Victor's wife's best friend, a relative with a speech impediment, a flirtatious cook, and a drunken hotel porter. Let the farce begin.
Feydeau wrote the play in 1907. Ives, an American playwright, wrote an adaptation in 2006.
The production is directed by Professor of Drama Jonathan Tazewell. The production stage manager is senior Brianna D. Parry of Golden Valley, Minn.
The student cast includes Andrew C. Lewis of Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., as Victor Chandebise and Poche; Catherine C. Duennebier of Greenwich, Conn., as Raymonde; Maria Krovatin of New York City, as Lucienne; Pieter B. Stougaard of La Jolla, Calif., as Tournel; Kyle F. Toot of Enola, Calif., as Ferraillon; John A. Dwyer of Wheaton, Ill., as Camille; Walter I. Kartman of Milwaukee as Homenides; William A. Arbery of Dallas as Dr. Finache; Charles J. Lasky of Columbus, Ohio, as Etienne; Matthew P. Crowley of Beverly, Mass., as Baptiste; Sean M. Cavanaugh of West Orange, N.J., as Rugby; Shelley Fort of Gambier, Ohio, as Antoinette; Laura M. Barati of Los Angeles as Olympia; and Rania S. Manganaro of Highland Park, N.J., as Eugenie.
General admission tickets are $5; group, $2.50; seniors, non-Kenyon students, and children, $2; and Kenyon Students, $1. The box office is open from 1-5 p.m. the week of the show and one hour before the performance. For more information about the performance, call 740-427-5531.