| Commedia
dell’arte
A selection of various
shows and scenarios in the style of commedia dell’arte designed
to be customized to your event. Either one long presentation, or broken
into segments featuring Commedia dell’Carte’s unique interpretation
of a variety of classic scenarios, original works as well as many modern
parodies. You will be amazed with the colorful costumes, magical masks,
acrobatic skills, sharp improvisations, and audience interactions. Some
titles include...
| Commedia dell'Carte Name |
Inspired by... |
| Servant of 2 Capitanos |
Servant of Two Masters |
| 3 Cuckolded Fools! |
The Three Cuckolds meets 3's Company |
| Shakespeare's Inspiration |
Shakespeare's Comedies, & Tragedies & Histories |
| Richard III (original text, Commedia style) |
Shakespeare's Tragedy of Richard III |
| Cyranose |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
| A Commedia Carol |
A Christmas Carol |
| School for Commedia in Spite of Itself |
All the works of Moliere |
| Apocalypse of Oz |
Apacalyspe Now meets Wizard of Oz |
| A Greek Tragicomedy |
Oedipus Rex |
| MacDick III |
Combining MacBeth & Richard III |
| Carte-Trek Wars |
All the Sci-Fi classics to date |
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Many more are added
every season. Commedia dell'Carte has also been commissioned to do shows
based on cutomzied themes, training manuals, as well as present follies
and parody shows in good humor of shows at festivals, conventions, and
such. Many of the shows contain an educational aspect to give their
audience something by the original author or inspiration.
Commedia dell'Carte
also develops their own organic shows and workshops, including...
Commedia dell'Shakespeare
A critically acclaimed, award nominated
and popular show in which the commedia characters explore the
argument that William Shakespeare used the commedia dell'arte
forumlas in his comedies, as well as his tragedies and even
the embellishments of his histories. They present The Tempest
but substitute P. Ross Perot for the legendary Prospero complete
with easy to read pie charts. They show that MacBeth and Richard
III are the same story, scene by scene, as well as present their
own version of Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, and cap it all off
by doing all of Shakespeare's plays simultaneously in less than
10 minutes.
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Richard III
Shakespeare's comedies can be quite funny,
but so can his serious works once Commedia get's ahold of them.
With the role of Richard III played by the timeless tempermental
hunchback, Pulcinella, Commedia stay's true to William Shakespeare's
dialogue will have you asking yourself if Shakespeare didn't
intend for his story to be a comedy.
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A
Commedia Carol
The
commedia characters explore the life and works of Charles Dickens
in one of his most popular works, A Christmas Carol. Having
Pantalone play the role of the famous miser by the name of Scroogealone,
the rest of the cast fleshes out a very fun, educational and
comical look at this holiday classic.
This
show is suitable for all ages, even with guest appearances by
the ghost of Jay BOB Marley!
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HISTORY of Theater/Commedia/Drama
Easily adapted of any of the three variations
of title, this show features a very educational and comical
lesson of the history and evolution of the art of theater, with
a optional bias towards the commedia dell'arte. Beginning at
the dawn of man through the origins of the first actor all the
way to the present day. Of course, they can highlight the major
influence of commedia through the ages, but in a very educational
and entertaining way. Featuring several commedia interpretations
of everything from Greek Tragedies, to the plays of William
Shakespeare, Moliere, and even modern day sitcoms. This show
includes a great deal of audience interaction and there will
be a test.
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Other original titles include
Arlechinno's Folly |
Zeus and the Servant Girl |
Tom the Taylor |
The Marriage of Pigaro |
Pedrolino In Love |
The Innamorati Ball |
Big Moby Dick |
Brighella: The Italian Spy |
The Marriage of Pierrot |
These
shows may be presented by other companies with written permission and
a royalty donation.
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