So what New Year's resolutions did commedia dell'arte characters make... and four days into 2026 how are those resolutions going?
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Happy New Year!
But wait - 2025, we're not quite done with you yet! Let's look back once more on all the fun The Confused Greenies of Players' Patchwork Theatre Company had this most recent trip around the sun!
Though we did not stage as many performances or travel to as many places as the prior year, what we did was majestic including our first commedia dell'arte pastorale historic fantasy style plays and our first fully staged reading, a sudden and unexpected giant whale, and then wrapping up with writing dozens of new three-act scenarios for future productions!
This year was tough in many ways and stressful. But it's always been our goal to make the world better one laugh, one smile at at a time!
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2025. It was a good year for The Confused Greenies of Players' Patchwork Theatre Company. Though we did not stage as many performances or travel to as many places as the prior year, what we did was majestic including our first commedia dell'arte pastorale historic fantasy style plays and our first fully staged reading, a sudden and unexpected giant whale, and then wrapping up with writing dozens of new three-act scenarios for future productions!
This year was tough in many ways and stressful. But it's always been our goal to make the world better one laugh, one smile at at a time!
#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #SCA #MySCA #ClevelandConCoction #CleCon #Parody #Fantasy #NewYear #NewYearsEve #NYE #InReview #YearInReview
This morning is our final #MondayMotivation of 2025 but that means we look forward to crafting our next adventures in 2026 and hopefully you'll join us! It's always within us to make the world better one laugh, one smile at a time.
"The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written." --Melody Beattie
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In October we challenged ourselves with 62 #Inktober prompts to brainstorm ideas for new commedia dell'arte plays. Last month we fleshed out each of the ideas in preparation to write 31 new scenarios before the end of 2025!
Heading into the home stretch of December and we've completed six more drafts for Days:
➤22: "The Illuminated Harlequin"
➤16: "The Aragon Trail"
➤27: "Opinions on the Onion Farm"
➤30 "The Necromancer's Romancer"
➤01: "The Miser's Scholarship"
➤19: "A Farce of Fire & Ice"
Keep checking back for updates on our writing progress as we do a final big push over the reainder of the holiday break!
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Oh the places we brought laughter in 2025! From Zipcon to Cleveland ConCoction, from Pennsic to One World Day, and a first time appearance at Barrington Elementary School!
Where will 2026 take us?
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In October we challenged ourselves with 62 #Inktober prompts to brainstorm ideas for new commedia dell'arte plays. Last month we fleshed out each of the ideas in preparation to write 31 new scenarios before the end of 2025!
Third week into December and we've completed five more drafts for Days:
➤07: "The Mermaids of Venice"
➤15: "A Wildman's Wisdom"
➤10: "A Clean Sweep"
➤28: "The Skeleton of the Captain and the Skeleton of the Fool"
➤11: "The Enchanted Thorns of Arcadia"
Keep checking back for updates on our writing progress as we do a big push over the holiday break!
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Despite what is sometimes said (especially this of all weeks of the year), there are times it's good to be naughty. 😈
"All actors are naughty. We're all troublemakers - horrible, attention-seeking children. 'Me, me, look at me!'" --Sienna Guillory
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Vittoria from our commedia dell'arte farces has a well-earned reputation. You could say she's top of her field with no rivals... anymore. So if she has some black widow tips to share, they come from great experience!
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December 15 is Cat Herders Day! Though that may be everyday when you try to manage a devised / improv commedia dell'arte troupe such as The Confused Greenies of Players' Patchwork Theatre Company - our directors have matching "Cat Herder" t-shirts for a reason!
"Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance." --Dan Greenburg
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