i Sebastiani

The Greatest Commedia dell'Arte Troupe in the Entire World!


i Sebastiani has been dazzling audiences with its fresh take on this centuries-old art form since the early 90's. The troupe has performed as far south as Miami, Florida, as west as Austin, Texas, as north as Montreal, Canada, and as east as Bangor, Maine. Our mission is to perform commedia scenari as closely as possible to the style of the late 16th century/early 17th century, working without scripts, with simple props and sets, and with historically accurate costuming and masks.

If you are interested in Commedia dell'Arte, pantomime, circus arts, dance, comedy, early music, or rolling around in trunk-hose and doublet, i Sebastiani wants to hear from you. There's always room for one more in our slightly curious family.

i Sebastiani has no formal audition process and like many arts organizations, working with us will rarely produce a paycheck, but if you want to learn and teach, observe and perform, work and play (sometimes all at once) we have a place for you.


The troupe can be contracted to perform for special occasions (weddings, medieval events, museum exhibit openings, etc.), and we happily do performances and workshops for elementary, junior/middle, high school, and college classes.

Upcoming:

The Pedant - February 3rd, 2013, 3:30pm at The Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation in Waltham, MA.
More details about the museum
i Sebastiani is proud to present The Pedant, a tale of Trust and Duplicity, Learning and Education, Sadness and Pasta.

Tuesday, February 5: *UMass Boston*, 9:30 am (private show & workshop, open only to UMass students & affiliates), Boston, MA.


On the web:

Watch our performance of The Perfect Plan on YouTube.

We are on Facebook .
And we have a Wikipedia entry.


Contact us:

Mail:
i Sebastiani
41 Rockwood Drive
Ashland MA 01721

Phone:
(508) 881-7550

Email:
Manager - for questions about publicity, hiring the troupe, auditions, etc.
Webmaster - for technical issues regarding this site

And you can add yourself to our Yahoo! group for updates about upcoming shows: isebastianifans


Past Glory:

Congratulations to us! i Sebastiani picked up several mentions in the Theatre Mirror Best of Boston Theatre 2003 including a Special Citation and Honorable Mentions for both I Capitani Gemellare and Da Schiava a Padrona, and a Memorable Performance to Carl West for Da Schiava a Padrona. Read the full write-up.

"If you love commedia dell 'arte, then come. If you want to see where Shakespeare, Moliere and Goldoni drew some of their inspiration, then come. If you want to have a living, breathing theatre history lesson, then come. If you love theatre as theatre, then come."
- Carl A. Rossi, TheaterMirror.com


"When "The Greatest Commedia Troupe in the Entire World" gets going... something is reborn."
- Will Stackman, TheaterMirror.com

"'i Sebastiani' had something to do with 16th-century Italian mask comedy. We're not sure what that is, but we're sure it was funny."
- Boston Phoenix, Best of 2002


See our old website if you like.