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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · 20h ago
March 16 is Act Happy Day! Sometimes we can bring joy to ourselves and others by enacting the motions and activities that bloom happiness. Our often said motto in the troupe is to make the world better one laugh, one smile at a time! "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." --Marcel Proust #MondayMotivation #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #MySCA
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · 3d ago
The theme this year for the Barony of the Cleftlands {Not So} Regular {Not January} Event has the theme of "The Lord of Misrule Reigns" so of course we - the local troupe of fools - had to sign up for a performance time to stage a short commedia dell'arte play! Just days after April Fools on Saturday, April 4 in Medina, OH! See more: https://events.cleftlands.org/regular-event/ #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Cleftlands #Midrealm #MiddleKingdom #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #MySCA
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Mar 06, 2026
Come down, down, down to a fanciful semi-improvisational comedic play by The Confused Greenies of Players' Patchwork Theatre as we explore the depths of a farce of adventure, deception, and goblins in love TOMORROW (Saturday, March 7) at Cleveland ConCoction! See more about CleCon: https://www.clevelandconcoction.org/ #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #ClevelandConCoction #CleCon #Parody #Goblin #Goblins #Tolkien #LotR #Fantasy
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Mar 01, 2026
It's the first of March! Is it in like a [commedia dell'arte] lion? #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #MySCA #Lion
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Feb 25, 2026
February 25 marks the birthday of Commedia dell'Arte and is celebrated around the world with performances and instruction! Several years we developed a short rapid-fire farce to demonstrate many of the common characters, tropes, elements, and plot lines of a typical commedia scenario in under three minutes! Watch our "Demonstration of Folly" now! Commedia arose in the 16th Century Italian Renaissance as a theatrical art form specializing in slapstick farce where actors often wore half-face masks to embody stock characters and improvise a full play using a brief outline scenario. Commedia would be an international sensation and pave the way for women to act openly on stage and has inspired theatre and entertainment for centuries since. Today we honor this amazing Italian cultural heritage that is at the core of our troupe! #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Mask #Masks #Farce #Comedy
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Feb 23, 2026
One of the benefits of commedia dell'arte is that we can easily encore the same scenario and perform the same characters again and again, improving our improv which each attempt. No matter what happens during a performance there is no failure if the audience laughs and we learn something to make better next time! "Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure." --Aisha Tyler #MondayMotivation #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #MySCA
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Feb 23, 2026
To celebrate Global Commedia Day later this Wednesday, February 25, here are three more facts about commedia dell'arte! ➤The theatrical term "slapstick" described comedic stage combat originated from commedia, specifically from the batte carried by or used upon the harlequin fool ➤Though commedia was improvised to a brief outline scenario, most plays had scripted and memorized moments of short scenes, dialogue, or physical comedic bits called lazzi (singular lazzo) that often did not enhance the plot but could be inserted into many plays ➤The most famous actor of commedia in the Italian Renaissance was Isabella Andrieni of i Gelosi who had fan clubs and wrote plays and poetry inspiring many troupes today to use the name for a more clever and self-determined amorosa in contrast to the typically ditzy innamorati #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #Midrealm #OneWordDay
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Feb 22, 2026
The kitties of the Patchwork Palace hope you've had a fantastic last #Caturday before Global Commedia dell'Arte Day on February 25! Though we have Japanese improv comedy next week, just one week later we premiere our "Goblin commedia" at Cleveland ConCoction! #Cat #Kitty #Cats #Kitties #Commedia #CommediaDellArte #Theater
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Feb 21, 2026
In two months we celebrate our 20th birthday - but earlier this week (the same day Carnevale ended and the new lunarsolar year began) marked the 19th anniversary of our very first performance under the banner of The Confused Greenies and i Verdi Confusi! Appropriate for the occasion, that was also staged to entertain Carnevale at our alma mater Case Western Reserve University! And over 450 performances since then! #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #ClevelandConCoction #CleCon #SciFi #Anime #Prody #DoctorWho #DnD #Fantasy #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Feb 16, 2026
Change the world one laugh, one smile, at a time and everything is possible. "Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world." --Barack Obama #MondayMotivation #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #MySCA #PresidentsDay #DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #D20 #Dice #Parody
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Feb 12, 2026
Our Player of the Patchwork Shauna Fahad is teaching an introduction to commedia dell'arte starting later this month at Mid City Civic Theatre in Baton Rouge, LA. See more: midcitycivic.org/artistdevelopment #Commedia #CommediaDellArte #Theater #Improv #Improvisation #Teaching #Education
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Feb 11, 2026
To celebrate Global Commedia Day later this month on Wednesday, February 25, here are three facts about commedia dell'arte! ➤Commedia actors improvise from a brief outline of the plot called a scenario ➤Male servants are collectively called "zanni" and can be tricky and clever to clueless and foolish ➤Commedia dell'Arte could be seen as an example of "love wins" since contrary to the norms of society at the time the machinations of the patriarchal characters, the young lovers would have their romance realized by the end of ACT III As we in The Confused Greenies of Players' Patchwork Theatre Company celebrate our 20th anniversary of being a commedia troupe, of course we must mark Commedia dell'Arte Day 2026! #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #OSU #OhioState
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Feb 02, 2026
To celebrate Global Commedia Day later this month on Wednesday, February 25, here are three facts about commedia dell'arte! ➤Commedia originated from the 16th Century Italian Renaissance ➤Unlike most masked theatre from around the world, commedia uses half face masks which allow the actors to emote with their mouth and jaw ➤Despite his sloppy look, Pedrolino was the most clever and tricky servant of earliest commedia As we in The Confused Greenies of Players' Patchwork Theatre Company celebrate our 20th anniversary of being a commedia troupe, of course we must mark Commedia dell'Arte Day 2026! #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #OSU #OhioState
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Jan 31, 2026
An example from one of our commedia dell'arte farces to describe how old we all felt at the start of January 2026 versus how old we all feel now at the end of January 2026.... seventy-eight weeks later.... #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #MySCA #January
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Jan 30, 2026
"Congress shall make no law... prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #MySCA #Protest #KnowYourRights #FirstAmendment
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@PlayersPatchwork@universeodon.com · Jan 30, 2026
Don't be a grouch! January 29 is Curmudgeons Day 2026! Or should we say... Pantalone Day? For being a curmudgeon is so tied to this old miserly man il Magnifico stock commedia dell'arte character we even used the term in the title for the earliest commedia performance (21 years ago next week) that lead to the creation of The Confused Greenies! #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #MySCA
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