Playwright
Tim Giugni has written and adapted many stories for the stage including "There's a Nightmare in My Closet", "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Tell Tale Heart". Tim enjoys creating new works but finds that working inside of another author's story to be "exciting and interesting". Tim said, "When you really attempt to grasp what another writer was doing in a piece you get the chance to work inside of their mind. This is especially exciting and interesting when the other author has been dead for 100 plus years."

Set Designer
Monica Roxburgh was the first person to realize the look and feel of Waiting for a Train. Monica has also designed puppets for Il Teatro Calamari's Hello Show.

Company
Il Teatro Calamari was founded in 1995 as a national and international touring company by Emmy award winning puppeteer Tim Giugni. Since it's founding, Il Teatro Calamari has pursued theatrical excellence on the stage with productions that use puppetry, mask and physical theater. The company unites an exotic and wide range of styles, yet the shows are suited for the entire family.

More information

On Vaudeville: Vaudeville Memories http://members.rogers.com/vaudeville

On Clown: Roger C. Way's Clown Classification page http://www.carolinaclowns.com/MakeupClownTypes.htm

On Magical Realism: Magical Realism Page http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4824/magreal.htm

On Commedia Dell'Arte:
Commedia Dell'Arte from the Furman University Theatre Department
http://www.furman.edu/~dcummins/commedia
A Thumbnail History of Commedia Dell'Arte
http://www.speedsite.com/~videoc/arte/commedia.html
Commedia Dell'Arte Resource Site
http://www.kennesaw.edu/theater/theahist/commedia/TofC-1.html (some adult content).
Carlo Goldoni on the Theatre Database
http://www.theatredatabase.com/18th_century/carlo_goldoni_001.html

On puppetry: The Puppetry Home Page
http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/definitions/index.html