Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Imaginary Invalid

Full cast and creative team has been announced for The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s presentation of Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid, adapted by Alan Drury. Keith Baxter will direct the production, which will run at the company’s Lansburgh Theatre June 10- July 27.

The play targets the medical quacks of 17th-century France. The eccentric and wealthy hypochondriac Argan decides to marry his strong-willed daughter Angélique off to a doctor, so that he’ll always have a physician around. But Angélique loves another man, and her attempts to persuade her father to let her marry him lead to outrageous tricks and disguises.

As previously announced, Tony winner René Auberjonois will star as Argan. The cast will also feature Gia Mora as Angélique, Kaitlin O’Neal as Beline, Tony Roach as Cléante, and Nancy Robinette as Toinette. Additional cast members will include Leslie Sarah Cohen, Danielle Davy, Chris Dinolfo, Drew Eshelman, Vince Eisenson, Levi Ben-Israel, Peter Land, David Manis, Keith Scott McDonald, Marissa Molnar, Ian Pedersen, Kara Quick, Todd Scofield, Anne Stone, John Robert Tillotson, and Emily Whitworth.

The creative team will include Simon Higlett (set), Robert Perdziola (costumes), Peter West (lighting), Martin Desjardins (sound), Barbara Irvine (music director/additional music), and Gillian Lynne (musical staging).

For more information, visit www.shakespearetheatre.org.