“I’m not the creep! You are! Just look at yourself!” - Pantelone
“Lovers x3 has been one (or i guess 3) of my favorite newest talent injections to cast this season!”
"Y’all are literally part of the second-wind i catch toward the end of the day, the reception line usually isn't my bag but you guys are such goobers i start vibrating with stupidity when i spot you!”
The Lover of The Lover of The Lover first premiered at Nebraska Wesleyan University in the fall of 2023. Even then, the playwright and director Ashton Barlow knew that he wanted to take the show to the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. In the spring of 2024, Ashton cast Rebecca Ford and Kevin Armaro as the next Colombina and Arlecchino.
They put the show together very quickly and took the show on the road, 3-hour road trips every Friday to make it to the festival, long days of performing, even longer nights driving back… it was all so worth it. Making friends at the festival, taking on more and more work- such as the parade and the human death chess match, and of course, showing the world an “ancient, almost lost to time itself art form!”
We hope to continue to bring Commedia dell'arte to modern-day theatres and renfests around the country. So stay tuned the next time you see a masked friend out in the wild. Because it could be one of us underneath those large eyebrows, long noses, and very noticable wrinkles.
