#96-10-13
For Release: 10-13-96
Contact: Peter Bailley

Knox College to Present Comedy

The Three Cuckolds, Oct. 23 -26

The Knox College Theater Department will present the comedy The Three Cuckolds at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, through Saturday, Oct. 26, in Harbach Theater, Ford Center for Fine Arts. The play, written by Leon Katz and directed by theater professor Robert C. Whitlatch, is based on an anonymous 16th century Italian comedy. The light-hearted and occasionally bawdy farce demonstrates humanity's universal follies in its portrayal of three men who scheme to cheat on their wives. Tickets, available at the door, are $8 for adults and $6 for students and senior citizens.

Founded in 1837, Knox is an independent, four-year, liberal arts college, located in Galesburg, Illinois, with 1,100 students from 42 states and 33 nations. Knox's "Old Main," a National Historic Landmark, is the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.

The cast of The Three Cuckolds

Role/Position Name Year City

Arlecchino Ralph Sledge first year Tulsa, OK

Coviello Mayur Bhatnager first year Almaty, Kazakhstan

Flamina Kate Berry junior Sycamore, IL

Pantalone Jason Tucker sophomore Chicago, IL

Zanni John Procope sophomore Diego Martin, Trinidad

Franceschina Bree Elrod first year Topeka, KS

Devil Jeff Ripperda first year Albers, IL

Leandro Jason Powell first year West Allis, WI

Cintia Stepfanie Horton sophomore Bronx, NY

Stage Manager Rachel Michalski sophomore Streamwood, IL

House Manager Aubrey Isaac sophomore Bellevue, NE

Sound Jennifer Prior sophomore Santa Clara, CA

Lighting Dan Kauffman first year Bala Cynwyd, PA

Props Ryan England first year Rock Island, IL

Head of Construction Jason Newcomb first year Belleville, IL

Costume Design Margo Shively, costume shop supervisor

Set and Light Design Craig Choma, visiting asst. professor of theater

Photo caption

Arlecchino (Ralph Sledge) and Franceschina (Bree Elrod) have told the gullible Coviello (Mayur Bhatnager) that they will find a child for him in a hole; instead their digging uncovers the Devil (Jeff Ripperda); in a scene from the comedy "The Three Cuckolds," presented at 8 p.m. nightly through Saturday in Knox College's Harbach Theater.