2008-2009 Season
A Flea in Her Ear
May 15th - Jun 15th, 2009
Spencer Theatre
Written By Georges Feydeau/David Ives
Directed by Gary Griffin
Having recently directed "The Color Purple" on Broadway, Olivier Award-winner Gary Griffin brings us a new adaptation of Feydeau’s masterful French farce that was a recent hit at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. The story begins when Madame Raymonde Chandebise suspects that her husband Victor’s lack of affection indicates he is having an affair behind her back. To prove her suspicions, Raymonde writes an anonymous letter to him requesting a romantic rendezvous at a disreputable hotel. Victor misinterprets the letter and sends his friend Tournel, a notorious womanizer, in his place. This results in a series of misunderstandings, misplaced jealousies, mistaken identities and numerous side-splitting complications. “A good many laughs along the way, and laughter is always a fine medicine.”