Tartuffe, 2018. Performance piece, 2 hours.
A con man disguised as a pious spiritual leader wheedles his way into the home of a gullible wealthy man in the midst of a mid-life crisis—and promptly sets the household topsy turvy. If not for quick-witted Dorine (Claire Pearson), grounded Elmire, and patient Cléante, all might be lost! Lechery, egotism, young love, deception, and delusion collide in Moliere’s famous classic work that skewers religious hypocrisy and self-inflated egotism.
Claire
Pearson
B.A. Theater and Performance Studies, 2019
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Performing Arts
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Claire Pearson, winner of the the 2019 Roslyn Schneider Eisner Prize for Continuing Creative Achievement in Acting, appeared in TDPS productions of Tartuffe, Metamorphoses, and Heart of Spain, among others. She was also an active member of BareStage Productions, UC Berkeley's student-run theater company, for which she directed "Carrie: The Musical" in April 2019.