Dell’Arte First Year Ensemble Presents: Viva Commedia!

BLUE LAKE, CA - Guaranteed to provoke boisterous laughter, Viva Commedia! tumbles into the Carlo Theatre for three performances only, Feb 2 – 4, 2017. Get your tickets early, as Dell’Arte’s annual Commedia show consistently sells out! Viva Commedia! celebrates commedia dell’arte, a robust comic form rooted in the abiding human drives of hunger, money, love, and lust. Archetypal characters abound in this parade of human folly, where the taboo and forbidden take center stage in a mask performance style requiring great precision and virtuosity from its ensemble performers. Showcasing the skills of the first-year students of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, Viva Commedia! runs for three nights only as the culmination of their training in this study of the Human Comedy. Drawing on a four week exploration of mask and style, lovers, misers, idiots, charlatans, posers, braggarts, thieves and windbags emerge for your enjoyment. Be warned - marked by improvisational play, musicality, acrobatics and a bold, presentational style, commedia dell’arte is a centuries-old form that is uncensored in its delivery. Performances are often bawdy and body-based in humor – and involve themes that may be inappropriate for younger viewers. Pay what you can and laugh all you want as the Dell’Arte first-year ensemble navigates this audacious terrain. Viva Commedia! will run in the Carlo Theatre at 131 H St in Blue Lake on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2 - 4, 2017 at 8 p.m. These popular performances are all pay-what-you-can, with reservations highly encouraged. To purchase tickets or get more information, call 707-668-5663, or visit our website at dellarte.com.

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WHERE

• Dell'Arte

PRICE

• Free / $10 Suggested Price