3rd Annual Fool for All

Tales of Marriage and Mozzarella

Presented as part of the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival
July 14th, 17th, 21st, 25th, and 28th, 2012

Physical Comedy that has a Whey with Curds

Tales of Marriage and Mozzarella follows the success of Faction of Fools’ previous "Fool for All" productions in the 2010 and 2011 Capital Fringe Festivals: Tales of Love and Sausages and Tales of Courage and Poultry. Critics have called the "Fool for All" “witty and intelligent,” praised its “awesome feats of physical comedy,” and declared it “thoroughly enjoyable and light-hearted.”

Tales of Marriage and Mozzarella is composed of a sampler platter of 7 rotating scenes filled with cheese and romance, performed by over 40 of DC’s favorite theatre artists. Each scene will be performed 2-5 times, with a different bill of four scenes at each performance. The scenes are created by the ensemble and performed in the Italian Renaissance style of Commedia dell'Arte. Commedia dell’Arte (literally, “theatre of the professional”) is known for its masks, stock characters, physical comedy, and improvisation. Commedia originated in Italy in the early 1500s when performers legally incorporated to form the world’s first theatre “companies” and began to tour their shows throughout Europe. Their work had a lasting influence on artists as diverse as Shakespeare, Molière, the Marx Brothers, the creators of Saturday Night Live, and contemporary sit-coms.

Directed and Devised by: Tyler Herman, Paul Edward Hope,
Toby Mulford, Rachel Spicknall, Lindsey D. Snyder, and Paul Reisman
Written by: the Ensemble.
Lighting Design by: Cheryl Ann Gnerlich
Masks by: Aaron Cromie
Stage Manager: Kirsten Parker
Assistant Stage Manager: Kat Ignatova
Produced by: Sarah Bartlett Wilson

You can see ALL SEVEN SCENES by attending two performances:
Either Sat (7/14) or Sat (7/21)
AND
Either Tues (7/17) or Wed (7/25)

Sat , July 14 9:00pm
Scenes A, C, F, G

Tue, July 17 7:30pm
Scenes A, B, D, E

Sat, July 21 2:30pm
Scenes A, C, F, G

Wed, July 25 9:00pm
Scenes A, B, D, E

Sat, July 28 5:15pm
Scenes A, D, C, G

**All performances will be ASL interpreted**

Scene A: July 14, 17, 21, 25, & 28
Directed by Paul Reisman

Scene B: July 17 & 25
Directed by Tyler Herman

Scene C: July 14, 21, & 28
Directed by Tyler Herman

Scene D: July 17, 25, & 28
Directed by Paul Edward Hope

Scene E: July 17 & 25
Directed by Rachel Spicknall

Scene F: July 14 & 21
Directed by Lindsey D. Snyder

Scene G: July 14, 21, & 28
Directed by Toby Mulford

The Washington Post says TOMAM, “hits all the right notes”
and that Faction of Fools, “has taken the art form to new and exciting places”.
Read the full review HERE!

Don't miss the show DC Theare Scene calls “infectious”!
Read the full review HERE!

“Quel mondo hilarious!” raves ShowBizRadio,
“I'm hooked and I'm going back for more. I suggest everyone do the same.”
Read the full review HERE!

DC Metro Theatre Arts gives Tales of Marriage and Mozzarella 5 stars, saying,
“You MUST see this show.”
Read the full review HERE!