Gianni Schicchi

Adapted from the Puccini opera. When it is discovered that wealthy patriarch, Buoso Donati, left all his money to the church, his family hires a local peasant to pose as the dead man and dictate a new will. This script is available via email.

Pictured: Laura S. Ferro, Jim Gagne, Scott Courlander, and Suzie Mellring in the Georgetown Theatre Company production.

"Gianni Schicchi has all the elements of good comedy: wit, timing, and an analysis of the consequences of crime that probes the complexity of sin and as it relates to God and man."
--Rona Hirsch, THE BALTIMORE SUN

Above: Gianni Schicchi at Harlequin Players, Auburn, NY.

"If you like zany farces with bawdy jokes, high-flyin' slapstick comedy and nonstop 100 mph action, Gianni Schicchi is the best tonic for your summer doldrums. ...There was never a point in the show when someone wasn't laughing hysterically."
—Leonard Hughes, THE WASHINGTON POST

Above: John Morogiello, Jonathan Lee Taylor, Laura S. Ferro, and Scott Courlander.