Set Designer

A traveling troupe of commedia dell’arte brings with them not only a play that is frighteningly true to life, but also a host of secrets and jealousies. In Pagliacci—Clowns—composer Ruggero Leoncavallo created not the usual love triangle, but a love quadrangle, with three men—Canio, Tonio, and Silvio—all fighting for the love and attention of one woman, Nedda. Using the classic ‘play within a play’ format, the real lives of the characters act as a mirror to their parts in the play, with tragic consequences. As the on-stage drama melds with real-life passions, the two stories explode in a finale of manipulation, jealousy, violence, and of course, death. This is commedia after all.

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Pagliacci

Long Center for the Performing Arts

One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he most relies upon risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble. This uproarious, all-female farce took Broadway by storm in 2022; this fall, the wacky West Wing lands in Space City. After all, behind every great man is a great woman—or seven of them.

Set Designer

Laura Fine Hawkes

Events

Past events

4 - 5 Nov, 2023

Pagliacci · Austin Opera

Sep 7 - Oct 8, 2023

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive · Stages

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