Speechless Pulcinella - Antonio Fava and Annina Gieré
When:
Friday, February 22, 2019
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
Where: Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Struble Theatre, 1949 Campus Drive; 10-30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free admission!
Contact:
Jill Mannor
(847) 467-3970
Group: Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Pulcinella — Hungry, in Love, Afraid and near Death
Commedia Comes to Northwestern!
Northwestern University Press Author and Commedia dell’Arte expert Antonio Fava, along with international theatre artist Annina Gieré, will be arriving from Italy to present their new show Speechless Pulcinella on campus. Commedia dell’Arte is the famous improvisational comedy theatre born in Renaissance Italy that was one of the inspirations for Chicago’s Improvisational theatre. This comic show features music and masks created by Fava himself. This a rare opportunity to see one of Italy’s leading experts perform this famous traditional art form.
This program was supported in part by the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago and the Northwestern University Department of Theatre.
Free admission! No tickets are required, but seating is first-come, first-served. Doors will open at 4:45pm.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/400928837307413/