Commedia Dell' Artemisia
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Schedule
Feb 2 @ 7:30pm
Feb 3 @ 7:30pm
Feb 5 @ 7:30pm
Feb 6 @ 7:30pm

At CB's Gallery
313 Bowery (Between 1st St and 2nd St)
Adults:$12
Students & Artists: $10
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Cast & Crew
Produced by The Stolen Chair Theatre Company
Conceived and Directed by Jon Stancato
Written by Kiran Rikhye
Masks Designed by Jonathan Becker
Costumes Designed by Caroline Barnard
Lights Designed by David Bengali
Managing Director: Aviva Meyer

Performed By
Jon Campbell (Tassi)
Jon Stancato (Orazio)
Alexia Vernon (Tuzia)
Jennifer Wren* (Artemisia/Judge)
* appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

Synopsis
As part of the 2005 Stampede Fest, The Stolen Chair Theatre Company presents a masked farce in rhyming couplets, freely inspired by the infamous 1612 rape trial of painter Artemisia Gentileschi. Attempting to free the teenage virtuosa Artemisia from the clutches of her miserly father, the Gentileschis' neighbor Tuzia procures for her a potential husband. She chooses Agostino Tassi, a painter, set designer, and criminal, who would rather take Artemisia to bed than to the chapel.

In the great comic tradition of Moliere and Commedia dell' Arte, Stolen Chair exposes the seedy underbelly of love and marriage to give you some deep belly laughs.