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Il matto e la morte - The Crazy Man and Death
(synopsis by Jose Martinez)

The scene unfolds in an inn. The crazy man is sitting by the table, contemplating the tarot cards. A couple of garbage collectors introduce the play and explain that Jesus and the apostles are at the inn for dinner.

The crazy man has just finished playing cards but has lost. The last card of the crazy man was that of Death, a white woman with black eyes. At that moment, a woman enters. The garbage collectors are afraid of her and leave. On the contrary, the crazy man doesn't know what's happening. He sees a mysterious woman and offers her a chair. The crazy man thinks that he has seen her before, however, he eventually realizes that she is Death. The crazy man tells her that she is very pale and Death asks him whether he is afraid of her. The crazy man denies being afraid, but Death sees that his leg is shaking. Hence, the crazy man says that the leg doesn't shake because he is afraid, but because of the fact that the leg used to belong to another man, being that he had lost his during battle.

After a short conversation between the crazy man and Death, he tries to seduce her. Yet, when Death tells the crazy man that she has not come for him, he has and outburst of happiness. Death becomes very angry and accuses him of lying; just because of being afraid of dying he told her many beautiful things, but then he is just happy because he doesn't have to go with her. The crazy man responds saying that he is happy, not because he is not going to die, but because she decided to sit next to him; she didn t spend time with him for her job, rather for she though that he was nice. Accordingly, Death explains that she has come for Jesus, who is destined to die at the cross.

The crazy man wants to tell Jesus, but Death explains to him that it is not worth it, since Jesus knows that his destiny is to die in that way. Then the crazy man says that Jesus must be crazy as well because he is happy, knowing that he will die. At the end, the crazy man convinces Death to let go of her depressions and spend at least an hour in his company, before completing her task.

 

Cristina "Isabella" Bedolla

Io sono la Morte, una giovane innocente che s'incontra con un matto in una locanda quando lei viene al mondo per portare via Gesù.

- Assistente: fotografia; costumi: "L'arca di Noè"

 

Erin Frank

Sono la morte che è venuta a prendere Gesù. Incontro il personaggio del matto e sono colpita dal suo fascino.

-Assistente: pubblicità; trucco

 

Duncan "Danchino/Stefanino" Jones

Sono il Matto, un uomo che, dopo aver giocato a carte e perso, conosce la Morte.

Lui prova ad essere furbo, ma veramente ha molta paura di lei. È un personaggio buono e simpatico, ed è anche un buffone.

-Ideatore e sceneggiatore: L'arca di Noè
-Assistente: musica

 

Jose Martinez

-Stage Manager

 

Suneil Sood

Interpreto il ruolo di uno spazzino qualunque.

 

Antonella Del Fattore - Olson

Professoressa del corso ITL 348 e regista degli spettacoli.

 

Dolores Chandler

Aiuto-regista durante le prove; partecipazione in L'arca di Noè.

 

Debbie Escobedo

Riprese video; partecipazione in L'arca di Noè

le rappresentazioni | the performances

martedì 6 dicembre
...Il matto e la morte
...Una donna sola
...L'arca di Noè
...L'uomo nudo e l'uomo in frak		   Tuesday 6 December
...The Crazy Man and Death
...A Lone Woman
...Noah's Ark
...One Was Nude and the Other Wore Tails
mercoledì 7 dicembre
...La resurrezione di Lazzaro
...Una donna sola
...L'arca di Noè
...L'uomo nudo e l'uomo in frak		   Wednesday 7 December
...The Resurrection of Lazarus
...A Lone Woman
...Noah's Ark
...One Was Nude and the Other Wore Tails
giovedì 8 dicembre
...Il matto e la morte
...Una donna sola
...L'arca di Noè
...L'uomo nudo e l'uomo in frak		   Thursday 8 December
...The Crazy Man and Death
...A Lone Woman
...Noah's Ark
...One Was Nude and the Other Wore Tails
venerdì 9 dicembre
...La resurrezione di Lazzaro
...Una donna sola
...L'arca di Noè
...L'uomo nudo e l'uomo in frak		   Friday 9 December
...The Resurrection of Lazarus
...A Lone Woman
...Noah's Ark
...One Was Nude and the Other Wore Tails

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