Evanston - Piccolo Theatre proudly presents "Low Pay? Don't Pay!" by Dario Fo, the first production in a
hilarious and triumphant 10th Anniversary season. A decade after breaking into the Chicago theatre scene with
this legendary comedy (under the former title of "We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!"), the time is ripe to bring it
back to Piccolo's stage. John Szostek, Piccolo's Artistic Director, directs a skillful all-ensemble cast in the
American premier of Fo's fresh new adaptation. Piccolo's knack for physical comedy and quirky characters
fuses with brilliant satirical and political farce in a timely comedy.
Housewives Antonia and Margherita, fed up with high prices in the supermarket, take matters into their own
hands and "liberate" some items from the local grocery store. Keen to hide their light-fingered antics from
their hot-headed moralist husbands, Giovanni and Luigi - not to mention the police - the women are forced to
resort to more and more inventive hiding places, as slapstick confusion leads to rollicking chaos.
Nobel prize winner Dario Fo, "the people's jester" and a master of political farce, is Italy's leading
contemporary playwright and is renowned for his hilarious satires including "Accidental Death of an Anarchist"
and "About Face".
If the economy has you down, this energetic and pointed farce will cheer you up 'Fo' sure.
By Dario Fo
Translated by Joseph Farrell, Edited by Franca Rame
Directed by John Szostek
Previews: Sept 3-5, 2010
Opening: Sept 10-Oct 23, 2010
Days & Times: Fri/Sat at 8pm, Sun at 3pm
Location: Evanston Arts Depot, 600 Main St., Evanston
Tickets: $25 for Adults, $20 for Seniors, $15 for Students, call for group rates
Call for reservations 847-424-0089 or order online www.piccolotheatre.com
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