Pangs Theater Ensemble Performs Moliere's Don Juan

Pangs Theater Ensemble, a growing performance company recently featured in the Chronicle, the Examiner, KQED Podcasts, and other media in the Bay Area and beyond, presents Molière’s Don Juan, a classic comedy with modern sensibilities, reinaugurating Golden Gate Park’s Bunny Meadow (prior venue of Shakespeare in the Park) as a San Francisco cultural and performance venue.

Witty and charming, Molière’s Don Juan tells a story with current relevance. It depicts a man driven by hedonism, immorality, and the pursuit of pleasure at all costs. Unrepentant and set on his licentious course, Don Juan maintains his anti-moralist stance even when it endangers his own welfare. In this play, Molière dares to speculate at the ultimate fate of one of the beautiful, privileged, self-indulgent, and rich.

Pangs Theater’s Don Juan is directed by Pangs Theater Ensemble’s Artistic Director Wolfgang Thompson, who has received significant press in the recent year for his modern performance pieces and for his intense and physical style of direction.

Don Juan stars Jesse Mueller as Don Juan, Matt Monaco as Sganarelle, Megan Lane as Charlotte, Emily Rued as Elvire, Christine Gwillim as Mathurine, Jack Halton as Monsieur Dimanche, Joe Carrig as Don Alonse and the Statue of the Commander, Joe Bardellini as Don Luis and Gusman, Patrick Biggs as Don Carlos and Pierrot, Tiffany Chamberlain as the Spectre, La Violette/Ragotin and Understudy for Elvire, Joan Diez Niebot as Ragotin/La Violette and Attendant, and features Remi Barron as the Poor Man and La Ramee.

Dates and Locations: Two weekends, October 6, 7, 13, and 14 at 1 p.m. In San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, in Bunny Meadow (aka Casino Meadow), former venue of Shakespeare in the Park, right next to the Conservatory of Flowers.

Admission:
Admission is free with a suggested donation of $20. Picnicking is welcome.

For more information, the public may view Pangs Theater Ensemble’s website at www.pangstheater.com, call 415-515-0851, and/or email shows@pangstheater.com.