Tweeps: Get an exclusive preview of "Misanthrope"

Inspired by the upcoming modern spin on Molière, Illusion Theater is putting on a special free preview of LE MISANTHROPE OR THE IMPOSSIBLE LOVERS that will be exclusive to Twitter users.

For one night only — 8 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 19 — audience members will be encouraged to keep on their phones and live-tweet their thoughts and reactions. Follow the commentary and the laughs in realtime from anywhere by following the hashtag #lightsup.

“Tweeps” interested in participating in this special event should send an e-mail to social@illusiontheater.org by Friday, Jan. 14. Please include your full name and Twitter handle. People selected to join the audience will be notified on Jan. 14 and will receive two free tickets.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
Adapted and directed by Eric Powell Holm, LE MISANTHROPE OR THE IMPOSSIBLE LOVERS is the story of a couple whose passion is unparalleled, but whose personalities are always at odds.

LE MISANTHROPE OR THE IMPOSSIBLE LOVERS (based on the full French title, Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire Amoureux) is a swift, no-holds-barred rendition, created and performed with only four actors. This clever reworking lifts the veil off Molière’s masterpiece where the hopeless couple locks horns in one of literature's funniest breakups; a play that, along with Shakespeare’s works, helped invent the modern romantic comedy.

Over the course of one drunken fateful night, young lovers Alceste and Celimene, both unbending in complex and distinct ways, search for some compromise that will save their faltering relationship, but they’re beset on all sides by well-meaning friends, potential lovers, sabotaging enemies and their own resolute natures.

Holm’s MISANTHROPE aims to celebrate Molière’s style of rhyming couplets and strict poetic meter, while indulging in a decadent and chaotic environment.