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In collaboration with the
Chicago Humanities Festival
www.chfestival.org
COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE: MANAGING CHAOS
DATE
Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 1:30pm
PLACE
Francis Parker Auditorium, Webster Ave & Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
“The Doctor is in!” Il Dottore (the Doctor), one of commedia’s classic characters and an unapologetic busybody and know-it-all, guides us through the rich history and delightfully silly machinations of commedia dell’arte — literally, the art of comedy.
Joined by a band of merry pranksters, Paola Coletto, Italian director and teacher with Thomas Simpson, distinguished senior lecturer in Italian at Northwestern University, explores the characters, masks, and performance structures behind the apparent anarchy of what many consider to be the first incarnation of physical comedy.
Collaborators include performers David Gaines and Sean Kaplan.
Marx Brothers fans, take heed!
This program is partially funded by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Chicago and the Kaplan Center for the Humanities at Northwestern University.
