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Chi siamo
L'incarnazione originale della Fenice, l'Austin Commedia Society, è stata fondata nel 1999. Durante i nostri quattro anni di attività, abbiamo prodotto 13 sceneggiature originali, siamo stati protagonisti di "Commedia dell'Arte: A Handbook for Troupes" di John Rudlin e Olly Crick e abbiamo ospitato un Festival internazionale di Commedia dell'Arte nel 2001 con partecipanti provenienti da entrambe le coste americane, dall'Italia e dall'Inghilterra. Dopo una breve pausa, durante la quale i membri della compagnia hanno conseguito la laurea, formato una famiglia e viaggiato per le campagne americane, nel 2009 ci siamo riorganizzati secondo la nostra autorizzazione 501(c)(3). Da allora, abbiamo prodotto un'opera originale all'anno, portato in tournée i nostri spettacoli nel West Texas e nelle scuole della zona, organizzato un altro festival internazionale nel 2011 (con partecipanti provenienti da Italia, Ungheria, Australia, Inghilterra e Stati Uniti) e avviato dialoghi internazionali bimestrali sulle sfide affrontate dagli artisti di Commedia dell'Arte moderni. I nostri membri hanno scritto capitoli di pubblicazioni internazionali sulla Commedia dell'Arte, tenuto conferenze a livello internazionale e tenuto innumerevoli workshop per giovani e artisti professionisti. La nostra organizzazione è gestita esclusivamente dai suoi membri e governata da un consiglio direttivo eletto dai soci in una rumorosa assemblea annuale.
La nostra attuale leadership è la seguente:
Adam Wade Rodriguez
Stephanie Delk
Kareem Badr
Direttore artistico: Kate Meehan
Membri della società
I nostri membri possiedono una dolce combinazione di tanto allenamento, sudore e la volontà di apparire come degli idioti sul palco. Includiamo attori, ballerini, comici e musicisti, e siamo piuttosto appassionati nel partecipare e contribuire alla comunità internazionale della Commedia dell'Arte.
 Kate Meehan is a big fan of eggs and old vaudeville. |  Adam Rodriguez's relationship with a rubber chicken (Chickabod II) makes everyone uncomfortable. |  Nate Dunaway is very tall and will eat all your chips. |
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 Nola Lafayette has never met a rock she didn't like. |  Tobie Minor actively commits murders in front of large crowds of people. |  Dylan Blackthorn sees the little musician that lives in your heart, and will summon it out of you. |
 It's easier to list the things CB Feller *doesn't* do obnoxiously well: NADA. |  Whitney Rowlett was born to make your smutty historic dance fantasies into reality. |  Cara Arlauskas has many talents, among them the ability to turn into a goblin at the drop of a hat. |
 Kareem Badr has a lot of dignity for being such a big Motorhead fan. |  Stephanie Delk has some notes. |  Kelly Hasandras is made entirely of Sweet Moves. |
 Amber Quick has a voice like a song bird or an angel. An angel songbird. |  Aaron Flynn is basically a lion with a bedazzler. |
Membri dell'azienda in generale
Facciamo parte di una comunità internazionale di persone. I nostri membri sono persone vicine e lontane con cui collaboriamo, scambiamo idee, progettiamo e adoriamo con il fuoco ardente di 1000 soli.
 According to his diary, Aaron Johnson has never made a War of 1812 joke onstage. |  Genevieve Kinney has danced her whole life, and is an actual horse whisperer. |  When Heath Allyn isn't performing with La Fenice his is performing with literally everyone else. |
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 Julie Moore is what you might call a Real Clown. |  Katy Smaczniak plays the ukulele, has an exceptional amount of hair, and a purse that always smells good. |  Tate Green screams like a lady but bruises like a man. He is also the host and progenitor of the hit sensation, YTGS. |
 Robert Deike has been in every Shakespeare play. You know, like a REAL ACTOR. |  Giangiacomo Colli's favorite movie is Hudson Hawk. |  Bruce Salmon has played in all the bands, but we like him best when he's writing music where ever it's dusty. |
 Paul Joiner is the literal, actual best person. |  Olly Crick included us in his first internationally published book about Commedia and has regretted it ever since. |  Paulo Garbanzo juggles pins, blades, hearts. |
 John Maverick is Austin's second best magician. |  Dan Raynor spends his days with his hand up the dark end of a puppet. You know. For the kids. |
pERFORMANCE HISTORY
as La Fenice
(All performances in Austin, Texas unless noted otherwise.)
2025: Adventure Party: T.P.K. (Butterfly Bar, B. Iden Payne Awards Nominee: Wig Design, Mask Design, Featured Music Performance, Fight Performance)
Pillar of Fire (The Vortex, B. Iden Payne Awards Nominee: Young Performer)
Speak No More: Contagion (Independence Brewery - with Golden: Silent Improvised Theatre)
2024: Charlie's Golden Girls (Butterfly Bar, B. Iden Payne Awards Nominee: Featured Music Performance, Wig Design)
Speak No More: VVitch (Haskell House - with Golden: Silent Improvised Theatre. B. Iden Payne Awards Nominee: Production of an Improvised Play, Direction of an Improvised Play, Cast of an Improvised Play, Sound Design, Properties Design, Puppet Design, Running Crew)
2023: Disco Dracula (Butterfly Bar, B. Iden Payne Awards Winner: Lead Performer in a Comedy, Nominee: Production in a Comedy, Featured Music Performance)
2022: Raising Harry Potter (Butterfly Bar, B. Iden Payne Awards Winner: Fight Choreography; Nominee: Production of a Comedy, Lead Performer in a Comedy x2, Featured Performer in a Comedy x3, Dramaturgy, Original Score, Featured Music Performance, Small Cast, Properties Design, Wig Design)
2021: Speak No More: Golden Age (Neil Cochran House - with Golden: Silent Improvised Theatre. B. Iden Payne Award Special Certificate: Outstanding Audience Experience; Winner: Outstanding Production of Improvised Theatre, Outstanding Direction of Improvised Theatre; B. Iden Payne Award Nominee: Outstanding Cast in Improvised Theatre, Costume Design, Sound Design, Properties Design, Stage Management)
Stygian Crossing: Season Two (Digital B. Iden Payne Award winner: Featured Performer in a Digital Edited Production, Ensemble; Nominee: Digital Edited Production, Lead Performer in a Digital Edited Production, Direction of a Digital Edited Production, Sound Design, Media Design)
2020: Stygian Crossing: Season One (Digital. B. Iden Payne Award Winner: Direction of a Digital Edited Production, Nominee: Outstanding Digital Production, Outstanding Digital Performer x3, Outstanding Featured Music Performance)
2019: Who Framed Roger Replicant? (Butterfly Bar, La Kiva - Terlingua, TX - B. Iden Payne Award Winner: Lead Actor in a Comedy, Nominee: Production of a Comedy, Featured Actor in a Comedy, Fight Choreography, Live Music Performance)
2018: Cthulhu Beach Party (Butterfly Bar - B. Iden Payne Award Winner: Lead Actor in a Comedy, Nominee: Production of a Comedy, Cast Performance - Scripted Theatre)
La Fenice's Holiday Spectacular! Spectacular! (The Hideout)
2017: Death Race: Inferno (Butterfly Bar, Coldtowne, La Kiva, Terlingua, Texas - B. Iden Payne Award Winner: Lead Actor in a Comedy, Nominee: Featured Actor, Fight Choreography, Properties Design)
2016: Siege of the Dark Nebula (Butterfly Bar, Cinnabar Theatre, Terlingua, Texas - B. Iden Payne Award Winner: Lead Actress in a Comedy, Nominee: Production of a Comedy, Lead Actor in a Comedy, Original Script)
2015: Lure of the Maiden's Chest (Butterfly Bar, Cinnabar Theatre, Terlingua, Texas - B. Iden Payne Award Nominee: Production of a Comedy, Featured Actress in a Comedy, Fight Choreography, Original Script, Cast Performance)
2015: Kill the Messenger (Butterfly Bar, Flat Rock Theatre - Lajitas, Texas, Starlight Lounge - Terlingua, Texas)
2014: Kill the Messenger (Butterfly Bar)
2013: For Whom the Dong Tolls (Padres - Marfa, Texas, Flat Rock Theatre - Lajitas, Texas, Starlight Lounge - Terlingua, Texas, Spiderhouse, Butterfly Bar)
2012: Sparrow of Roma (Austin Backyards, La Kiva - Terlingua, TX, Flat Rock Theatre - Lajitas, TX)
2012: Sloop of the Damned (Whip In, Starlight Lounge - Terlingua, TX, Swan Dive)
2011: Sparrow of Roma (Opal Divine's, Texas State University)
2011: Suitors and Tutors (Flat Rock Theatre - Lajitas, Texas, Sul Ross University - Alpine, Texas, Behind the Chili Cookoff Site Theatre - Terlingua, Texas, Texas State University)
2010: Suitors and Tutors (Club DeVille, Ruta Maya, Flipnotics - B. Iden Payne Award Nominee: Original Script)
as The Austin Commedia Society
2003: Zombies! A Musical (Ruby's Barbeque)
2003: Pantelone's War (Mother Egan's, Club Deville, Behind the Chili Cook-off Site Theatre - Terlingua, Texas, Fiddler's Hearth - South Bend, Indiana)
2002: Rumplestiltskin's Angels (Taste of Italy Festival, Mother Egan's)
2002: The Family Jewels: A Tragedy (Republic Square, Mother Egan's, Marfa Theatre - Marfa, Texas, Starlight Lounge, Terlingua, Texas)
2002: The Amazing Dr. Sly McCann's Fantastical Traveling Medicine Show (Republic Square, Starlight Lounge, Terlingua, Texas)
2001: Isosceles Love Triangle (Commedia dell'Austin Festival, Taste of Italy Festival, Austin Critics Table Award Nominee)
2001: Tourist Trap (Commedia dell'Austin Festival)
2001: Arlecchino's Magic Piccolo (Zach Scott)
2001: Kingmakers Anonymous (Ruta Maya)
2001: Tourist Trap (Playfest)
2001: The Many Loves of Columbina (Frontera Long Fringe Festival, Ruta Maya)
2000: The Servant Who Stole the Nightmare Before Christmas (Austin Children's Museum)
2000: And So the Ship Flies (MOM Fest)
2000: Pedrolino's Friends (Zach Scott)
2000: The Many Loves of Columbina (Club DeVille)
2000: Tragic Lovers (Club Deville)
2000: Dungerella (Austin Children's Museum, Community Little Theatre - Roswell, New Mexico)
2000: One to the Right (Frontera Long Fringe Festival)
1999: And So the Ship Flies (Movements Gallery)
1999: Tourist Trap (Austin Children's Museum, MOM Fest)
1999: Isosceles Love Triangle (Club Deville, MOM Fest)