1st Annual Fool for All

Tales of Love and Sausages

Presented as part of the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival
July 13th - July 25th, 2010

Faction of Fools presents the first annual "Fool for All"!  Over thirty of DC’s favorite actors present a sampler platter of high-octane physical comedy on the themes of heartache and hunger pangs. There are seven different one-act plays in the collection, and a different combination of four pieces will be served up at each performance.

Faction of Fools is DC’s only theatre company devoted specifically to the classical masked comedy style known as Commedia dell’Arte.  Join the Fools to enjoy famous characters such as Arlecchino (Harlequin) and Pantalone (the Pantaloon) in traditional scenarios of pounding hearts and growling stomachs.

Directed and devised by: Matthew R. Wilson and Toby Mulford.
Written by: the Ensemble.
Lighting Design by: A. J. Guban.
Masks by: Antonio Fava.
Stage Manager: Miriam L. Yoder, Assistant Stage Manager: Jane Scheinman.

Scene A—(July 13, 18, & 25)
“Courting Chaos”
Created and perfomed by Rachel Spicknall, Graham Pilato,
Eva Wilhelm, and Matthew R. Wilson*.

Scene B—(July 14, 18, & 25)
"The Rendezvous"
Created and performed by Tara Garwood*, Tyler Herman,
Paul Edward Hope*, and Michelle Tang-Jackson.

Scene C—(July 15, 18, 22, & 25)
“Will Work for Sausages”
Created and perfomed by Steve N. Bradford, D. Grant Cloyd,
Kimberly Gilbert*, Barbara Papendorp, and Lindsey D Snyder.

Scene D—(July 15, 18, & 22)
“Marital Negotiations”
Created and perfomed by Mark Jaster, Steven Lampredi,
Christine Fonsale Rogerson, Sue Jin Song*, and Gavin Whitt.

Scene E—(July 13, 14, & 15)
“The Big Heist”
Created and performed by Daniel Flint, Emma Crane Jaster,
and Lindsey D Snyder.

Scene F—(July 13, 14, 15, & 22)
“Measuring Sausages”
Created and performed by Steve N. Bradford, Daniel Flint,
Joel Reuben Ganz*, Patricia Krauss, Annetta Dexter Sawyer, and TD Smith.

Scene G—(July 13, 14, 22, & 25)
“Machina della Guerra”
Created and performed by J. W. Crump, Daniel Flint, Christina Frank,
Paul Edward Hope*, Steven Lampredi, Laura J. Scott, TD Smith,
and Michelle Tang-Jackson.

Appropriate for ages 13 and up.  Running time is approximately 65 minutes.

The DC Examiner called Tales of Love and Sausages
"fun," "complex and nuanced"—"a fantastic presentation
by an immensely talented and energetic cast"!
Read the full review HERE

DC Theatre Scene praised our "awesome feats of physical comedy"
and called our writing both "intelligent" and "witty"!
Read the full review HERE