THE ALCHEMIST

THE ALCHEMIST

Written by Ben Jonson

Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher

Directed by David Ira Goldstein

April 13-16, 2023

Taliesin West

LONDON. 1610.

It’s plague time again.

When a wealthy gentleman flees to the country, his trusted servant opens his house to a pair of con artists and sets up a den of criminal capitalism. Claiming alchemical powers, the quick-witted trio fleece an onslaught of greedy sheep with their virtuosic ability to improvise amidst increasingly frantic comings and goings. It’s comic gold with dupes, double-dupes, duels, disguises, and a lucky flea named “Lewis”.

PERFORMANCES

Sun. Apr. 16, 6:00 PM