:: Click on the image to enlarge.: LA FRICCHETTONA
Don't miss my very talented friend Sandi Higgins in her dynamic one woman show... She's a fire cracker, this promises to be an amazing night out! Try it for something different...
Location: THEATERLAB, 137 W. 14th St. NYC | www.theaterlabnyc.com
This is an intimate theater so RESERVE YOUR SEATS with Theaterlab at: (212) 929-2545 (Arrive early as there's no late-seating.)
3 monologues by Nobel prize winning playwright Dario Fo & Franca Rame, performed by Sandi Higgins & directed by Orietta Crispino. In English & Italian (with translation.) Fricchettona is the Italian way of saying "freak" & was a popular term in the '70s to describe the hippy culture.
Fo & Rame are world-renowned for their imaginative political theater, known for speaking truth with farcical humor & fearless irreverence.
Touching upon questions of church & state, social justice, revolution, & the women's movement, these 3 monologues share the personal stories of women during the political struggle of 1970's Italy & draw a poignant line between their context & our own. A Mother, translated into English by Sandi Higgins, tells the story of a mother who tries to understand how her son became a terrorist. La Mamma Fricchettona tells the story of a hippy mother who confesses herself to a priest in order to hide from cops who are chasing her.
The play has a strong dramatic arc: it opens with an introduction by the Zanni ~ the famously fun & zany masked character from the Commedia dell'Arte ~ & it closes with the final monologue of The Rape ~ a subtle & intense human testimony.
Please leave a comment here if you make it to this fabulous show!
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