March 23 is Talk Like Shakespeare Day! The famous playwright was very influenced by commedia dell'arte including the fanciful commedia pastorale. Here is a line from the witches in the "Scottish Play" (ACT IV Scene 1) that... well if you love performing and merriment could be seen as motivational!

"Come, sisters, cheer we up his sprites,
And show the best of our delights:
I'll charm the air to give a sound,
While you perform your antic round." --William Shakespeare

#MondayMotivation: March 23, 2026 Talk Like Shakespeare Day

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Choices, choices... What commedia dell'arte shall we bring to Pennsic 53 this July and August?

Next month we return to Ohio State University for a Middle Ages & Renaissance history conference; two years ago for this same event we premiered our sports-themed commedia dell'arte "A Comedic Farce of a Fraudulent Cow in Calcio Fiorentino" with a possible plan to "play ball" again at Pennsic in 2026!

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We've submitted our requests to stage three commedia dell'arte performances at Pennsic 53 this summer! We're currently planning to encore "What Went Down in Goblin Town?" (premiered at Cleveland ConCoction earlier this month) and "Arlecchino, Emperor on the Moon" (premiering at Ohio State University next month) plus a to-be-decided additional play. We hope to provide some private camp entertainment again as well!

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Huzzah to Player of the Patchwork Master Mathias Blackett who is being Elevated to the Order of the Laurel in the Society for Creative Anachronism for his research, teaching, and participation in the arts including commedia dell'arte! The elevation ceremony at Gulf Wars today as part of a commedia play featuring other Players of the Patchwork with the full three-act version encored tomorrow!

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March 18 is Awkward Moments Day! But really, this is any day when you're a commedia dell'arte character!

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We've submitted our requests to stage three commedia dell'arte performances at Pennsic 53 this summer! We're currently planning to encore "What Went Down in Goblin Town?" (premiered at Cleveland ConCoction earlier this month) and "Arlecchino, Emperor on the Moon" (premiering at Ohio State University next month) plus a to-be-decided additional play. We hope to provide some private camp entertainment again as well!

Follow and keep watching for updates!

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March 16 is Act Happy Day! Sometimes we can bring joy to ourselves and others by enacting the motions and activities that bloom happiness. Our often said motto in the troupe is to make the world better one laugh, one smile at a time!

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." --Marcel Proust

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We hope you have had a striking Ides of March, a time to celebrating coming together with others. Teamwork makes the Dream work!

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It's the first of March! Is it in like a [commedia dell'arte] lion?

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One of the benefits of commedia dell'arte is that we can easily encore the same scenario and perform the same characters again and again, improving our improv which each attempt. No matter what happens during a performance there is no failure if the audience laughs and we learn something to make better next time!

"Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure." --Aisha Tyler

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