TwoLovers Too Many Street Performance

This improvised play is derived through the ensemble work of our teen Commedia troupe lead by Dan Stone. The show will tour to public events throughout Humboldt county in late Spring and early Summer. These students participated in an intensive two week training period where they learned:

Ensemble Building

Imrpovisation Techniques

Character-types (Pantalone- The Vecchi, Zanni, The Captain,The Lovers-The Innamorati )

Physicality

Vocal Quality

Lazzi

Batocci (Slap Sticks)

Stage Combat

Three Act Scenario Structure

After this intensive the students were then assigned a character-type and collectively created this work through improvisation based on an original scenario written by Dan Stone

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• commedia dell' arte
• dell' arte
• mask
• physical theatre
• theater
• drama
• comedy
• pantalone
• isabella
• flavio
• capitaono
• pedrolino
• zanni
• lazzi

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Yay! So sad I missed this because I was stage managing for Redwood Curtain right around the corner that night!!!