Kairos Italy Theater (KIT) and the cell
present the U.S. premiere of
“Tosca e le altre due” (Tosca and The Two Downstairs),
a satirical, behind-the-scenes sister-story to Puccini’s “Tosca” as imagined by one of the wittiest and most admired Italian playwright and actresses, Franca Valeri. “Tosca e le altre due” shares the 19th century setting and events of the opera, but refracts them through two memorable women characters who share them from the outside.
The torture’s screams and scuffles are overheard from upstairs by the wife of the torturer (Iride played by Marta Mondelli) and the female doorkeeper of Palazzo Farnese (Emilia played by Laura Caparrotti) in Rome, where the interrogation is taking place. The play is a wry and humorous character study of these two women, outsiders, who are accidentally close to the passions and politics of the story.
The prologue will be acted in voice over by Rocco Sisto.
Set design is by Lucretia Moroni.
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Tickets
$ 20.00 General Admission
$ 15.00 Students and Seniors
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KIT-Kairos Italy Theater is bilingual Italian-English theater company that presents Italian theatrical works of literary merit. It is named for Kairos, the Greek god of the fleeting moment.
