​A masked farce in rhyming couplets, inspired by the infamous 1612 rape trial of painter Artemisia Gentileschi

Layna Fscher, Cameron J. Oro, Liza Wade Green, David Bengali.

“The result of putting genres in a super-collider and pressing the trigger…smart…supple…daring….” -Leonard Jacobs, The Clyde Fitch Report

"[E]elegantly scripted…Exquisite…” -David Tenanbaum, Fifth Street Review

“Clever…witty…gives the audience rich food for thought.” -Ishah Janssen-Faith

Layna Fscher and Liza Wade Green

Attempting to free the teenage virtuosa Artemisia from the clutches of her miserly father, the Gentileschis’ neighbor Tuzia procures her a potential husband. She chooses Agostino Tassi a painter, set designer…and criminal, Transforming these complex historical figures into stock characters, Commedia dell’Artemisia irreverently eviscerates history, hypocrisy, art and artifice.

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