Red Bull Theater’s new production of The Imaginary Invalid by Molière, directed by Jesse Berger and starring Mark Linn Baker, runs at New World Stages from Wednesday, May 21 through Sunday, June 29.
In one of Molière’s best loved comedy, Monsieur Argan is a notorious hypochondriac whose nonexistent illnesses blind him to the con men and women (his new wife) who prey on his fears to fatten their purses. His plan: marry his daughter to a doctor so he’ll have free round-the-clock on-site healthcare for the rest of his life. Newly translated by Mirabelle Ordinaire and adapted for Red Bull by Jeffrey Hatcher, The Imaginary Invalid is a brilliant satire of doctors, lawyers and would-be patients who take self-care to staggering levels of pathological solipsism—a comic whirlwind of pills, lovers, therapies, disguises, vaccinations, impersonations, masks, mindfulness and miracle cures.
The performance runs approximately 80 minutes without an intermission. For more information and tickets, click here.
New World Stages, Stage 5 is located at 340 West 50th Street, New York, NY
