Praised as “a joyful lesson in theater and a tribute to the theatrical ability of Italians to connect to anyone without language obstacles”, La Lezione di Teatro | The Acting Class is a 50-minute play on what it means to be an actor. Set partly in English and partly in Italian with no need for subtitles, this show demolishes—with humor, wit and body work—preconceived notions of the difficulty of theater language, entertaining an audience that speaks Italian, English, or both... or none!

The plot is simple, set along the lines of the tradition of the comedy of errors: an Italian actress receives a student in her apartment for a theatre lesson; he is eager to learn the tricks of the trade and she is thrilled at the idea of making him fall in love with Italian theatre: She sits him down and searches through her library, preparing the ideal acting class for him!

From Plautus to Dario Fo, the lesson seems to be going really well until... We realize that there is a small language problem, and communication breaks down! The universal language of the masks of Commedia dell'Arte comes to the rescue!