Servant of Two Masters

by Carlo Goldoni

directed by Tim Giugni

A comedy of true love, hidden identities and dinner interrupted.

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Darkroom Productions partners with Il Teatro Calamari to bring a “lifted” version of Carlo Goldini’s “The Servant of Two Masters” to Suisun City. Kicking off its tour at the Harbor Theatre from May 28-31 and June 5-7, the show will travel to Sonoma, Yountville, Santa Rosa, and ends in Napa by July 16th. This stageplay has all the twists and turns of a work of Shakespeare with 10 times more energy, and 10 times less verbosity.

Clarice and Silvio are about to be engaged and their proud fathers, Pantalone Biginosi and Dottore Lombardi are delighted. But in walks Federigo Rasponi of Turin—Clarice’s dead fiancé—and his servant Truffaldino. Pantalone decides to honor the engagement between his daughter and the formerly dead guy, despite the bitter objections of Clarice, Silvio and Dottore Lombardi. Brighella, the local inn keeper, recognizes that Federigo is really his sister Beatrice, disguised as her dead brother in a desperate search for her lover Florindo who’s been accused of killing Federigo. When Florindo arrives looking for shelter and a servant, Truffaldino finds the best way to get a consistent meal is to serve two masters—Florindo and Beatrice—but neither knows about the other’s presence, and Truffaldino simply knows nothing. Truffaldino is run ragged by his dual masters, becoming hungrier and hungrier with every fetched order … When all seems lost and confusion’s at its peak, a joyful series of reunions and discoveries brings the plot to it's final unraveling where all the characters find a happy fruition.

 

We will be performing this show in Solano, Sonoma and Napa counties.