Much More Than a Nose

By Alexis Bugajski, Picture This Post

July 14, 2017

A voice shouts out over the audience from the back of the house yelling at one of the actors to get off the stage. We swivel around in our seats trying to place where the mysterious voice came from. Of course, this could be none other than the leading man himself, Cyrano De Bergerac. Known for many fantastic feats including his mastery of poetry and fighting abilities, but we have not yet seen his infamous face! Notorious for his rather large nose, CYRANO DE BERGERAC takes us on an incredible love story as he sneakily tries to win the hand of a beautiful woman.

American Players Theatre Creates a Love Triangle

Who says the perfect man can’t exist? Or at least when you put two of them together you might get the perfect combination of brains and body. That’s Cyrano’s hope when he teams up with fellow soldier, Christian, in order to try and win the lovely Roxane’s heart. Cyrano doesn’t have confidence in his appearance and Christian doesn’t have a way with words, so Cyrano agrees to write letters to Roxane signing them in Christian’s name.

Of course a love story can never be simple. While in the midst of this love triangle we are taken to a moonlight rendezvous, a monastery, and even onto the battlefield. Only time will tell if Cyrano’s plan will work through all of these adventures and if Roxane can look past his outward appearance to love him for his soul!

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