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FTQ 5[ZRa_QP 9^QQZUQ_ FTQ 5[ZRa_QP 9^QQZUQ_ the Greatest, Loudest, & Most Pompous Commedia dell’Arte troupe at Case the Greatest, Loudest, & Most Pompous Commedia dell’Arte troupe at Case present Commedia dell’arte is a theatrical art form originating as sponsored street performances in Sixteenth Century Renaissance Italy. Commedia employs masks, satire, farce, slapstick, innuendo, naughtiness, and repetition to create plays from brief outline scenarios to which the actors improvise the dialogue and action. Doging the Debates Saturday, November 1, 2008 • 5:00pm Strosacker Auditorium Case Western Reserve University • Cleveland, Ohio Smeraldina (debate moderator)·····························Elianna Bootzin Dottore Gratiano (the academic candidate)················Matt Garvey Pulcinella (the brutally honest candidate)·····················B.J. Halsall Capitano Testosteroné (the braggart candidate)·····Greater Mike Arlecchino (Capitano’s campaign manager)··············Jess Rudolph Intermezzo Flutist ·············································Matthew Wascher Concertatore (troupe director)·······································Sarah Bixler Capocomico (head comic)···············································Jess Rudolph Buffono Crew: Michael Hawley, Diwakar Vadapalli, Nathaniel Vishner, Jeffrey Brodovsky, Gigi Criss, Marshall Hughes The Confused Greenies go to the polls to elect the next Doge, the elected magistrate of Renaissance Italian states. It’s up to you to decide: pompously boasting Capitano Testosteroné, completely clueless Dottore Gratiano, or violently obsessed “Punch” Pulcinella. Please join us in two weeks on Saturday, November 15, 6:30pm at the Fall 2008 Anime Marathon in Nord 410 where we’ll be performing several plays in the art of kyōgen, a style of Japanese comedic improv theatre! Marathon runs from 2:00pm to midnight so come early for the anime and numerous panels on Japanese culture! http://filer.case.edu/org/commedia/ • email: [email protected] Commedia uses Stock Characters (also called Masks) present in most plays. These are exaggerated stereotypes of human nature. In this play, included characters are: Il Dottore, the old (vecchi) “doctor”, a self-proclaimed astute expert on all things academia and every time he opens his mouth to prove it (which is all the time) he reveals that his knowledge of idiot trivia is emphasized on that first word. Pulcinella, revels in all things violent and corrupt. His mind is as twisted as his hunch-backed body. He enjoys hurting people for his own amusement and to get what he wants - yet he will claim innocence to any and all authority figures - and then as soon as their back is turned, kick them in the arse! Il Capitano, the “captain”, a boasting, bragging, self-proclaimed glorious hero in war and in love - hiding his true cowardly nature, his fragile bravado his only tool for obtaining acceptance and his desires. Sometimes the villain, conman, stooge, or a wannabe lover or hero of the people. Arlecchino, the constantly hungry, often dim-witted, and sometimes happy-go-lucky zany servant (second zanni) who will mess up any and every task given to him, often with physical pratfalls. He is, in name and behavior, the Harlequin of comedy. Doging the Debates was originally performed on February 5, 2008 as the headlining act of La Dolce Vita’s Carnivale Night. Please join us in two weeks on Saturday, November 15, 6:30pm at the Fall 2008 Anime Marathon in Nord 410 where we’ll be performing several plays in the art of kyōgen, a style of Japanese comedic improv theatre! Marathon runs from 2:00pm to midnight so come early for the anime and numerous panels on Japanese culture! http://filer.case.edu/org/commedia/ • email: [email protected]
