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In October, the Whitworth Theatre Department presented its fall production, Pierre Corneille's The Illusion.
Adapted by Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner, the play is a tale of loss and redemption that explores the most real illusion of all – love. Special guest performer Leonard Oakland, longtime professor of English at Whitworth, joined the cast as Pridamant, a bitter old man searching for his estranged son.
Diana Trotter, the play's director and a professor of theatre at Whitworth, says she has wanted to direct the play for years, but that it's very challenging because the roles are incredibly complex for young actors, the technical needs are substantial, and the role of Pridamant needed to be played by an older adult. Trotter says she has always wanted Oakland in the role, and she was delighted he agreed to take it on.
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