←Recommendations of Arlecchino Am Ravenous

A wonderful tribute to commedia dell'arte! Ian Thal has given an actor a dream role which takes a character from earth to heaven and back to earth again. Very funny and audiences will love it. I know I did!

Physical comedy is my favorite, and this piece provides an excellent framework for a talented actor to own the stage with it. Great fun to read!

A thrilling journey through heaven and hell for spiritual enlightenment perhaps? Very funny!

Another delightful winner by Thal! I was laughing throughout and was so hungry for more of Arlecchino when it was all over! Inspiring! Funny! Who could ask for anything else from a short brilliant monologue?

I'm officially joining the Ian Thal Playwright Fan Club. I'm laughing, wiping away tears from laughing, and I'm wondering how Thal can ever top this wondrous creation?? Only way to find out is to keep reading everything by this talented, fearless and funny artist.

A primal, breathtaking thrill ride! Read it aloud! You’ll have a blast!

This play contains the line "So hungry am Arlecchino." and contains the stage direction of "Arlecchino shoves angel into his mouth and devours it." - if you love commedia dell'arte where the main characters refers to her/himself in the third person, this play is for you. If you enjoy auto-cannibalism onstage, this play is for you. If you want something fresh and different, yet with a tradition going back hundreds of years, then Thal's play is for you. Even if you don't like these things you should see how far into the play you can read. Fun stuff.

Arlecchino of Bergamo is an unforgettable, larger-than-life buffoon. From Heaven to Hell, from auto-cannibalism to clowning, the actor must showcase near madness, an animation and athleticism that is kind of like commedia del'arte to the power of 10. The playwright's logophilia -- the specificity, onomatopoeia and rhythm of Arlecchino's thought-process-in-action -- reminds me of wacky Mac Wellman.