Giuseppe Della Misericordia

Lisa’s life is a mess: she has a bunch of dead-end jobs, a dump of an apartment, and is newly single. Just as she’s resigned herself to a solitary life of gloom and disappointment, a million dollars appears in her bank account. When she blows most of the money on a wild shopping spree, her extravagant spending catches the eye of a banker who is set on retrieving the money and making things right. Banker Fabio is a solid dependable man who’s committed to his job and to restoring justice. With Lisa and Fabio’s clashing personalities and differing life goals, reconciling their plans and morals is simply impossible…. Or is it?

Meet My Dad is about an awkward first meeting between a father and his daughter’s boyfriend. Father and boyfriend unknowingly meet earlier in the day when they have an unfortunate overlap while visiting the local sex worker. When the boyfriend meets his girlfriend’s parents that evening the event can only be described as awkward, the reasons for which remain a complete mystery to mother and daughter who seek to make sense of their partners’ behaviors while simultaneously revealing their own quirky personalities. The play then takes another unexpected turn when the daughter’s friend shows up and turns out to be the sex worker that both men had met with earlier that day.
This is a play of learning and becoming: the moment of encounter create the fire that blows up the status quo of the characters, allowing them to grow and ultimately accept one another for who they are and what they need.
Meet My Dad’s intergenerational humor is multi-faceted, and ranges from a comedy of the unexpected, subtle physical comedy, absurdist comedy, and a linguistic humor that spans the length of the piece.
The play was so successful in Italy that it was translated into English by Julia Heim. The italian title is Ti Presento Papà.

The truth hurts, we all know it. And sometimes to save people from the pain of the truth we have to fake that very same pain ourselves. This brief sketch is a window into the ironies that divide truths from lies, and dictate our choices of when to opt for which

They're Just Thoughts is an insightful look into the loving hypocrisies of partnership, as it unearths what lies within the minds of those couples that believe theirs is a stronger love than most. This typical end of evening scenario brings together menial tasks, deep understanding and appreciation for one's partner, and the brutal honesty of our internal homicidal desires. Viewers will most certainly relate.

"The first time that I noticed him it was because of a neigh. A neigh in the theater, yep! While I was reciting my monologue in front of an audience!"