It's #Carnevale today so our Commedia dell'Arte Day core elements review should focus on #masks!

Many actors in #commedia wear leather half-face masks of grotesque proportions to symbolize specific stock characters. There is much influence and overlap between commedia masks and the #Carnival #masquerade!

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Having just had our first in-person production of 2023, we can definitely agree with this #MondayMotivation!

"I have great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift." --Septima Poinsette Clark

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Winter break meant fewer players available last week for i Sebastiani's Zoom rehearsal of "The Most Inane Lady" from the Bottarga Zibaldone collection but deep experience in the improvisation of commedia dell'arte makes handling duel roles more an opportunity than a challenge!

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Last night i Sebastiani started to workshop "The Most Inane Lady" from the Bottarga Zibaldone collection and was reminded the dangers of being on the wrong side of a scheming widow in a commedia dell'arte scenario!

#CommediaDellArte #commedia #improv #improvisation #ImprovComedy #ImprovisedComedy #theater #theatre #ComedicTheater #masks #MaskedTheater #comedy #farce #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #SCA #MySCA #RegramMySCA