“Did I Promise You Moliere?” is a study of three S’s: subjectivity, sexuality and sacrilege.

It follows the Woody Allen and Jerry Lee Lewis-esque incestuous, age-gapped sex romp of French playwright Moliere.

Stevens Building’s Corner Theatre will house the NIU School of Theatre and Dance’s latest studio series titled “Did I Promise You Moliere?” at 7 p.m. today through Sunday.

The Moliere-inspired play by Robert Schneider, an NIU assistant professor of comprehensive theater studies, will be performed and narrated by Michael Apperson and Heidi Gottcent-Kendziera. It features individuals in Moliere’s life.

The play studies the life of Moliere in reverse chronological order, beginning at his death. It consciously interweaves fiction and nonfiction and pokes unrelenting fun at historians, actors and romantics.

The play mocks its own subjectivity, because of the many parts of Moliere’s life that were poorly documented. It attacks our sense of the past and how it is affected by the present.

It asks the audience, in a fit of sensitive rage, “Is one capable of objectivity?”

The play is directed by Kent Gallagher, a theater and dance professor.

“The studio series productions are in most cases experimental; not demanding of a lot of support,” Gallagher said.

The production came into existence when Schneider read a less-than-satisfactory Moliere-inspired play. Through word of mouth, the play eventually made it into Gallagher’s hands.

“Basically, if you know a theater student, you can get your play performed,” said Victoria Martin, a sophomore theater arts and design technology major and a stage manager of the production.

This is not a new process for Schneider, whose play “The Flaubert Project” underwent a similar process in February 2003 courtesy of the studio series.

Recent productions including the Storytellers Theater are examples of typical studio series works.

“They’re not conventional productions; maybe not straight plays or maybe very minimal sets,” said David Booth, theater and dance marketing director.

“We have three theaters to perform in. They all serve a specific purpose. The Corner Theatre is smaller and designed for minimal sets and helps everyone focus more on acting,” Gallagher said. “It’s like going back to the essentials.”