Derdriu Ring News Today

Area residents will have the chance to be “charmed and dazzled” by a unique performance of a re-imagined version of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” coming next week.

The world premiere of Kinetic Theatre Company’s The Illustrious Invalid at City Theatre is a lighthearted farce that reimagines the last hours of canonical French playwright Jean-Baptiste Molière.

Kinetic Theatre is going meta with its next production, the world premiere of actor/playwright Simon Bradbury’s “The Illustrious Invalid.” The comedic romp, inspired by French playwright Moliere’s “The Imaginary Invalid,” will be staged Thursday through June 26 at City Theatre Mainstage, 1300 Bingham St. in Pittsburgh’s South Side. Moliere’s 1673