On the occasion of the 90th birthday of Dario Fo, Nobel Prize in Literature, the Ambassador Theater in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute present They Don’t PAY? We Won’t PAY!, a DC Premiere of Dario Fo’s comedy.
The empowering story in which direct democracy is the way to go when government fails to protect citizens’ rights, was inspired by real life events of workers’ uprising in 1974’s Italy. Hugely popular and more relevant than ever, They don’t pay? We won’t pay! delivers a serious message in a funny, absurdist fashion generating truckloads of laughter and delighting with its lovable and colorful characters.
Translated by Jon Laskin and Michael Aquilante
Produced by Hanna Bondarewska
Directed by Joe Martin
CAST:
Antonia—Hanna Bondarewska
Giovanni–Darren Marquardt
Margherita—Moriah Whiteman
Luigi— Mitch Irzinski
Policeman/Federal Agent/Undertaker/Giovanni’s Father—Peter Orvetti
PRODUCTION:
Director-Joe Martin
Assistant Director – Daniel Rovin
Music/Sound – Noor Che’Ree
Set Designer – Rachael Knoblauch
Ligthing Designer – E-hui Woo
Set/Props/Crew – Roger Mueller
Costume Designer – Sigridur Johannesdottir
Literary Director – Eliza Anna Falk
Stage Manager – Alexandra Weaver
House Box Office Manager – Anders Hilton da Silva
AMBASSADOR THEATER WEBSITE: HERE
PURCHASE TICKETS – HERE
(30% DISCOUNT OFF GENERAL TICKET PRICE FOR FRIENDS OF THE ISTITUTO WITH CODE “GLOBAL” ON WED, THU, AND FRI PERFORMANCES)
LOCATION
Mead Theatre Lab at FLASHPOINT
916 G Street NW
Washington DC