Sophia the Orange – Capocomico and also plays the servetta and amorosa
Manus MacDhai – Direttore tecnico (Technical Director, Solutions Engineer and Builder of Many Things) and also plays Pantalone and Dottore
Uberto di Spina – hauls many boxes and cinder blocks and stage stuff to help us set up and take down and clean up
Alfarinn Valison – Arlecchino, Franceschina, stage manager
Natanyel Violette – Oratio
Christopher Blackwell – Pantalone
Odile de Strasbourg – Flaminia, Isabella
Christopher Blackwell –
Edward Belvadier – Tofano, Dottore
Isabela Bourchier de Lovaine – Isabella
Mark of Windmasters’ Hill – Arlecchino, Oratio, Brighella, and Bad French Accent Coach
Genefe Wölfelin – Vittoria
Charles Fleming – Drunken Sailor
Randal Clarke – Tofano
INVALUABLE Backstage and
pre-show support:
Morvyth (Chris Keefer) – Sausage Mistress, Capitano, Vittoria, and servettas
Marie Aoibeall – produces much costuming and often makes sacred objects for fundraisingAlumnae and Alumni:
Alumnae and Alumni:
Tessa de Spina – Servetta, Pasquella, and other wacky female parts and much costume support
Owyn Wolf – Oratio, Pedrolino, Fight coach, Director
Geneviefve d’Estelle – Amorosas, Vittoria, and the occasional servetta (still perfectly dressed)
Ibrahim bin Ilyas bin Mustafa al-Haddad – The Magnificent Capitano Spavento!!! )
Jaume de Monçó – Zanni of greatness being Arlecchino , Brighella, Pedrolino, and occasionally Oratio
Idris Fofana – Flavio, roadie
Saxi þunnkárr – Amoroso, Brighella, Capitano, and any other dashing handsome man
Una Gyldir – Vittoria
Catarina Caravello – Drunken Sailor and last minute rescue
Giovan Donado – Capitano Spavento, musical intermezzi, and understudy for rescuing us when we need a last minute fill in
Margaret Wolseley – Amorosa understudy and much costuming
William Garrett – Il Dottore and Arlecchino
Ruaidhri an Cu – Capitano of both Spanish and Scottish Descent (Ymir production of “The Issues of One’s Loins”)
Dunstan le’ Herringmonger – Pedrolino, Capitano, and Inspiring Silly Song Coach
Efenwealt Wystle – Pantalone’s Father
Meggie (Chris’s daughter) has played walk on roles and helped out in various ways with set up, take down, and taking pictures.
Joan (another of Chris’s daughters) played Isabella for us once and was such an obsessive, silly, lovesick cutie we hope to have her back again! She did a return in a role as Tofano with her dog Dalila.
Aedh Ua Ruairc – Oratio, Pantalone , Isabella
There are a great number of other people working to support the art of commedia and i Firenzi, and a few of them are here:
Gavin has helped a lot with costuming and general support.
Catherine has taught us a number of aerial dance moves that have powered our physical comedy.
The Windmasters Hill Rapier Community has been particularly supportive, although the connection between fencing and commedia has yet to be understood.
The entire Barony of Windmasters Hill has been very supportive of i Firenzi by allowing us to take time and space at local events to perform pretty much any time we ask.
King Amos, King Ragnarr, King Christoph, Baron Daemon and Baroness Typhaine, and Baroness Murienne of Sacred Stone were all gracious enough to perform bit parts for us at special events and really add a level of excitement that only comes with royalty and eminence.
We also have some beloved alumni that we miss: Andreas de Caunteton played Dottore for us once and of course Domenico helped establish our troupe with his Capitano.