Commedia D'Amore

COMMEDIA is not a comedy in the english speaking sense but a commedia in the european sense of a theatrical story or event, one of whose genres is commedia d’el arte. This is a commedia d’amore or commedia “of love.” Set in 1830s Italy in the home of the well established Presutti Family, the story depicts a crushingly patriarchal society where women struggle to carve out space as individuals. The play examines love in all its forms from child-like innocence to lust, to romantic longing and finally love of self.