The Venetian Twins

Theatre Forever presents, "The Venetian Twins" By Carlo Goldoni, translated by Ranjit Bolt

Directed by Jon Ferguson

Theatre Forever is proud to present Carlo Goldoni’s The Venetian Twins playing at the Southern Theater as part of ARTshare and at MN colleges, high schools and other outdoor locations.

Written in the mid 1700s, Carlo Goldoni's timeless comedy tells the story of two estranged twins, Zanetto and Tonino (played by one actor), who arrive in town, both romantically entangled and on the same day. The resulting chaos includes ridiculous sword play, romantic melodrama, arrests, betrayals, stolen jewels and death by poisoned wine.

Staged in Theatre Forever's vibrant, playful and irreverent style and drawing heavily from Italian Commedia dell’arte (masks made by Antonio Fava), this production, packed with more mistaken identities than you can shake a wet fish at, boat-loads of exquisite physical comedy and rapid-fire verbal play, promises to be an unforgettably hilarious evening of mayhem and stupidity.

"Ferguson has the courage to take the audience-performer relationship very seriously, to illuminate the fact that audience members are, in an important sense, co-creators themselves." 
- (Review for Theatre Forever's The Nature Crown) Jay Gabler, The Tangential 2015

"...plays like the love child of Monty Python, Jane Austen, and The Princess Bride.”
- (Review for Ferguson’s previous work) MPLS/St. Paul Magazine

This production will run at The Southern Theater as part of The Southern Theater’s ARTshare program and at Minnesota colleges, high schools and outdoor locations.

Featuring the comedy delights of:

David Beukema

Jamie Fields

Alex Barreto Hathaway

Becca Hart

Robie Hayek

Katie Kaufmann

Vlad Messing

Catherine W. Noble

Lindsey C. Samples

Neal Skoy

Amy Stockhaus

Allison Witham

Directed by Jon Ferguson

Assistant Direction by Lauren Rae Anderson

Stage Management by Audrey Rice

Dramaturgy by Jon Peterson

Costumes by Lori Opsal

Set design by Erica Zaffarano

Text and vocal coaching by Suzy Kohane

Theatre Forever’s Managing Director is Afton Benson

Outreach and Education is Kip Dooley

Marketing and Digital Media by Jerod Greenison