The Perky Theresas
- Theater
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY 2025
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Year: 2020
- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Gnorri”
Today’s word is GNORRI, Italian for someone willfully playing dumb.
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 19: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere
Akash Kumar (Indiana University) in conversation with Danielle Callegari (Berkeley University of California)
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 1: Cato the wise poet/prophet and the humble reed of exegesis
Paola M. Rodriguez (CUNY) in conversation with Raymond Capra (CUNY)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Borbottare”
Today’s word is BORBOTTARE, Italian for mumbling, or grumbling.
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 2: ‘..a thundering velvet hand’: Virgil’s Teaching Strategy
Dan Christian (retired English professor) in conversation with Alex DeWeese (Gilman School)
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- Canto per Canto
Paradiso 28: The Heavenly Power Plant
Arielle Saiber (Bowdoin College) in conversation with Guy Raffa (The University of Texas)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Azzeccagarbugli”
Today’s word is AZZECCAGARBUGLI, a proper name from Manzoni’s “The Betrothed” that has become a commonly used noun.
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 2: A New Law for the Song of Love Across Time Zones
Alison Cornish (New York University) in conversation with Leonardo Chiarantini (University of Michigan)
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- Canto per Canto
Inferno 26: Hey Sailor – Distraction and Seduction on the Wine-dark Sea
Mary Watt (University of Florida) in conversation with Fabian Alfie (The University of Arizona)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Canovaccio”
Today’s word is CANOVACCIO, the plot outline of Commedia dell’Arte theater.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole “Impiccio”
Today’s word is IMPICCIO, Italian for hindrance.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Insomma”
Today’s word is INSOMMA, an Italian adverb that changes its meaning according to the speaker’s intonation.
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