Wikipedia tells me that
Commedia dell'arte is "a form of theatre characterized by masked 'types' which began in Italy in the 16th century."
Theatre Forever is presenting the 18th century Italian comedy
The Venetian Twins in such a style, with broad, exaggerated, physical comedy, as
part of the Southern Theater's ARTshare program. Even though much of it is not really my kind of humor (like
Dr. Jody Kimball-Kinney, I find the frequent "erotic pantomimes" to be more gross than funny), it's quite clever and very well done, with total commitment by the dozen members of the ensemble under the clear direction by Jon Ferguson.
