The French Have a Word for It

Rehearsal photos by Jodi MacNeal

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  • The Cast
  • (order of speaking)

Narrator (Alexa Ross)

Lucienne Vatelin, age 25 (Judi Rioch)

Edmond Pontagnac, a woman chaser, 35 (Tristan Medley)

Crepin Vatelin, 30 Lucienne’s husband (Ken Bowald)

Jean, servant of the Vatelins, any age (Danny Waldman)

Ernest Redillon, emotional playboy, 32, rather short (Jim Parsons)

Yvonne Pontagnac, 28, wife of Pontagnac (Amy Abercrombie)

Maria, 27, Spanish, wife of Soldignac (Celeste Parsons)

Soldignac, a French businessman, living in Spain (Jeff George)

Armandine, 19, not too bright lady of the night (Kristin Kerwin)

Victor, 17, a bellhop at Hotel Ultimus (Danny Waldman)

Manager, at Hotel Ultimus (Joe Balding)

Pinchard, 55, a medical major in the cavalry (Jeff George)

Madame Pinchard (Coco), 50, his wife (Amy Abercrombie)

Clara, chambermaid at Hotel Ultimus, buxom (StarMary Castro)

Police Inspector, a detective (Danny Waldman)

Jerome, Redillon’s unlikely servant (Joe Balding)

 
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The staged reading is presented in the Grand Lobby of Stuart's Opera House.
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Ernest Redillon loves Lucianne, the wife of his best friend, Crepin Vatelin.
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Vatelin, Redillon, Lucienne, Pontagnac, Madame Pontagnac, and Jean shortly after the wives have agreed to take their vengeance with Redillon if their husbands are proven to be unfaithful.
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Armandine flirts with Victor, the young bellboy at the Hotel Ultimus.
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Major Pinchard and Madame Pinchard have arrived as Redillon and Armandine were changing rooms.
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Madame Pinchard is deaf and has trouble understanding what is happening around her.
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Clara, chambermaid at the Hotel Ultimus, listens to Pontagnac's unlikely explanation of why he's there.
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Clara tries to keep Maria out of the room where she's meeting Vatlin, but Maria shows her a telegram from Vatlin telling her to wait for him in the room.
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Redillon's servant, Jerome, tries to keep Redillon out of trouble.
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The cast poses for a picture in the rehearsal room.

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