theater > Six Characters in Search of an Author

The Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and Chapman University’s Ferrucci Institute present Nick Gabriel‘s new adaptation of SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR (1921) by Nobel Prize winner Luigi Pirandello. In an effort to attract modern audiences to Pirandello’s work, Gabriel’s adaptation contemporizes the language and circumstances of the play, while maintaining the essence of Pirandello’s original vision. Even as he masterfully encourages audiences to consider the relationship between reality and perception, Pirandello poignantly weaves together themes of negligence and redemption in this, his seminal Existentialist comedy.

The performance features a cast comprised entirely of former and current students of Chapman’s Theatre Performance program:

Meridian Anastasia – Actor #1

Matthew Graham – Actor #2

Michael Reese Shald – Director

Kevin Wang – Stage Manager/ Ms. Modista

Feras Halabi – Father

Isabella Kaplan – Mother

Sophia Chacon – Stepdaughter

Finn Mackimmie – Son

Additional showtime: 5 pm on Sunday, 9/29, Chapman University Memorial Hall. Open seating, no ticket or reservation required