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<i>Buon Giorno</i> to all you zany theatre people in Northeast
Ohio!<br><br>
A <b>Patchwork Players</b> greeting from <b>The Confused Greenies</b>
(also known as <b>i Verdi Confusi</b> in our bad Italian)! We are a
<b>masked improvisational comedy</b> <b>troupe</b> that focuses on
<b><i>commedia dell'arte</i></b> (both Renaissance and modern) and we
also dabble in farcical J<b>apanese <i>kyogen</i></b>, <b>stilt
dancing</b>, <b>general foolery</b>, and soon to delve into the mad world
of <b>puppetry</b>.<br><br>
We wouldn't be a properly pompous commedia troupe if we didn't too our
own bulb horn! We are nearing the end of our most successful season yet
with our <b>27th performance</b> this year coming up this Saturday! This
by far exceeds our prior total of.... 8 last year.<br><br>
We began with inspiration and training from great commedia troupes such
as i Sebastani and i Scandali and we have a foundation as both a student
group at <a href="http://www.case.edu/">Case Western Reserve
University</a> and the local chapters of the
<a href="http://www.sca.org/">Society for Creative Anachronism</a>.
Now we are also a community troupe and looking to expand. Though we
do <i>dell'arte</i> we're non-professionals - that means we don't get
paid! - but we have a lot of fun and get to play in a theatrical form not
seen as often today as it should. And possibly our greatest claim
is opening the stage for many who before us would have declared they'd
never act, they couldn't, they wouldn't, and yet they now do - it's
amazing how lack of memorizing dialogue and hiding behind a character
mask can help!<br><br>
We are always auditioning new fools to join our patchwork company and
welcome any to come laugh at our pratfalls. We've done numerous
performances at CWRU and in the SCA but also for private parties,
conventions, and large community events. The improvisational nature
of the art lets us tailor new shows for new audiences, venues, and
patrons.<br><br>
So please take a perusal of our
<a href="http://filer.case.edu/org/commedia/">website</a>, email us at
<a href="mailto:lazzi@case.edu">lazzi@case.edu</a>, or venture out to one
of our many shows and have more zany fun than you can shake a slapstick
at!<br><br>
foolishly yours,<br>
Jess<br><br>
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Jess Rudolph (Niccolò Bartolazzi), Capocomico of the Patchwork Players
Productions:<br>
The Confused Greenies - the Greatest, Loudest, and Most Pompous Commedia
dell'Arte troupe at Case Western Reserve University<br>
i Verdi Confusi - the Greatest of the Newest Commedia dell'Arte troupe in
Northern Oaken of the Midrealm<br><br>
<a href="http://filer.case.edu/org/commedia/" eudora="autourl">
http://filer.case.edu/org/commedia/<br><br>
</a>-a hungry, hapless, and hopeful harlequin<br>
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