For National Word Nerd Day we'll geek out about some modern words derived from commedia dell'arte!

➤"zany" is from zanni, commedia's foolish male servants, including one named Zanni
➤"scenario" is because commedia actors would pin their brief outline of the play on the back of the stage scenery
➤"slapstick" as a genre of physical comedy comes from the wooden smacking prop used by Arlecchino and other commedia characters
➤"harlequin" is a later evolution of the name Arlecchino
➤"pants" is the short of "pantaloons" which were named after the harlequinade character Pantaloon a descendent of commedia's Pantalone...

... Meaning without commedia dell'arte... we would all be PANTSLESS! 🤣

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January 8 being Typing Day is probably as good an excuse as any to share how it's felt trying write almost 30 different commedia dell'arte scenarios over the past few weeks as we slammed our #Inktober 2025 challenge and prepped for performances at events this year including Cleveland ConCoction, Ohio State University, and Pennsic!

Are you writing today?

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2026 has started and that means pre-registration for Pennsic 53 is NOW OPEN! The best way to make sure you can catch all our amazing commedia dell'arte this summer is to pre-reg at the discount rate and secure additional space for your camping group!

Sure the deadline is months away but best do it now (we know how we ll get). Pre-reg here: https://bit.ly/PennsicReg

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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 from The Confused Greenies of Players' Patchwork Theatre Company! Our resolution for 2026 is (as always) to continue to make the world better one laugh, one smile, at a time!

Hopefully we can bring those laughs and smiles to you this year at:
➤Zipcon in February
➤Cleveland ConCoction in March
➤Pop Culture & the Deep Past in April
➤Confluence in July
➤Pennsic in August
➤One World Day in August

And maybe even more!

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𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗜𝗡 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 （𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗠）

𝗧𝗩𝟴 oggi alle 21:35

Da non perdere...!

...altrimenti... potrebbe piovere! 🤣

@spettacoli

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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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