'Secondo' Coming to Seven Angels Theatre on March 16

SEVEN ANGELS THEATRE IN WATERBURY KICKS OFF THEIR 33RD MAINSTAGE SEASON WITH SECONDO ON MARCH 16!

Seven Angels Theatre is back with the Equity production of "Secondo" on March 16. The playwright behind "Italian Mom Loves You!," "Love & Spumoni" and "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti" returns to Seven Angels Theatre with this new comedy!

Maria Baratta is back in this new comedy by Jacques Lamarre, based on the stories of Giulia Melucci. Directing will be Michael Schiralli. The production will run through to April 2.

On the evening of her 10th wedding anniversary, we join Giulia in her kitchen to discover how married life has provided unexpected delights and challenges. While Giulia rushes to prepare her anniversary dinner, we learn that a boyfriend from the past has resurfaced to complicate her recipe for a happy marriage. How will it end? Well, just come and see this new comedy. And some audience members will be part of the “cast” eating the food that is being prepared on stage!
Secondo serves up new stories, delicious food, and a bellyful of laughs. You don’t need to have seen I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti to enjoy this new show!

Plus, Seven Angels is offering special complimentary food and drink nights and matinees at these performances.

Saturday, March 18 - Cavallo's Deli of Waterbury - Opening Night
Thursday, March 23 - Fascia's Chocolates
Thursday, March 30 - Sweet Maria's Bakery
Saturday, April 1 - The Cave Bar
Sunday, April 2 - Big Dipper Ice Cream

Performances of Secondo run March 16-April 2. Tickets are $43- to $47 and can be purchased at the Box Office, by visiting SevenAngelsTheatre.org, or by calling (203) 757-4676. Groups and tours are welcome. Located on Plank Road in Waterbury right off exit 25 on I-84, there is plentiful free parking.

Maria Baratta (Giulia) is thrilled to be returning to the Seven Angels Theatre and her hometown of Waterbury for this hilarious comedy, Secondo. NYC/Regional Theatre credits include: I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI, THE WOMEN’S CYCLE (In Search of Maria Teresa), LETTERS, VIGNETTES OF AN I-TALIAN AMERICAN GIRL, IRENA’S VOW (original workshop), TONY N’ TINA’S WEDDING, BIRDY’S BACHELORETTE PARTY, THE MAYOR’S LIMO, and AUNT CHOOCH’S BIRTHDAY. Film/TV/Web credits include: THE NIGHT JOHN LENNON DIED SO DID JOHN DOE, WANDERING OFF (Trailer), BOSTON TAPS, MIAMI OR BUST, THE GATES, and DEEP IMPACT. Writing credits include: IN SEARCH OF MARIA TERESA ~ Recent selection for the OnStage! Festival in Rome, Italy November 2020, VIGNETTES OF AN I-TAL-IAN AMERICAN GIRL ~ Winner of the 2010 Shortened Attention Span Festival in NYC, and Women for Women Project at HERE ARTS CENTER.

Jacques Lamarre (playwright) is a Connecticut-based writer who has had three previous productions at Seven Angels Theatre: I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti; Born Fat; and Love & Spumoni. For TheaterWorks Hartford, he premiered I Loved, I Lost…, Raging Skillet, Christmas on the Rocks (co-writer), and, upcoming, Secondo: The Sequel to I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti. His plays have been seen at Asolo Repertory Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse on the Park, Half Moon Theatre, Stoneham Theatre Company, Florida Repertory Theatre, Center Stage at the JCC, New Jewish Theatre, Emerson Theatre Collaborative, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre, Penobscott Playhouse, Crossroads Repertory Theatre, Beaumont Community Players, Triangle Rep, Philly Fringe, Little Theatre of the Rockies, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Zeitgeist Stage, and the Warehouse Theatre.

Other plays include Save the Robots: The Sci-Fi Musical (Midtown International Theatre Festival), Gray Matters (MITF), My Vhite House Christmas Spashial Live From Trump Tower, Red State Road Trip, Trigger Warning, Honey LaBrea: The Lonely Thetan - A Scientollywood Comedy, The Wedding Binder, among others. Jacques has co-written 18 shows, a film and two Fleet enema commercials for drag superstar Varla Jean Merman. JacquesLamarrePlaywright.com

Michael Schiralli (director) is a New York City-based theater and film director, Michael was Artistic Director of Half Moon Theatre at CIA’s Marriott Pavilion where he directed numerous productions including: John Cariani's premiere of Cul-De-Sac; Jacques Lamarre‘s I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti, among others. Some recent NYC credits include Why’d You Do It? (NY Times critic’s pick); Nico Underground (NY Times critic's pick); Succession’s David Rasche at 54 Below; the critically acclaimed A Chanukah Charol starring Jackie Hoffman (New World Stages); Jeff Ward's Take One (Fringe) David Simpatico's Prom Queen (Playwrights Horizon). Other notable productions: Sleepless Variations with Mary Testa & Michael Starobin (Barrington Stage); 20 years of Jackie Hoffman’s solo shows including The Kvetching Continues (Time Out Award); The Tragic And Horrible Life Of The Singing Nun (NYMF, 3 awards); 22 years of Varla Jean Merman shows and videos including Enough About Me: An Unauthorized Autobiography and the upcoming Ready to Blow; Coco Peru shows including Undaunted (GLAAD Award best theater LA); Kristine Zbornik’s shows including Ball of Confusion; The Vendler Television Playhouse (Guiding Light TV Cast); Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice with David Rackoff (Culture Project); Born Again Again! with Tammy Faye Starlite; Valentine’s Day Massacre with Jackie Hoffman, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, David Rackoff (Drama Dept.); Wasp Cove with Julie Klausner; Nothin’s Easy and Nobody’s Happy with Colette Hawley; Gas, Food, Talent (West Bank); Darlene Love’s True Love with musical direction by Bette Sussman (N.Y., L.A.); Laura Nyro Project with Catherine Russell, Elaine Caswell and Jenifer Kruskamp (MTC); Songs for a New World with Beth Leavel and musical direction by Jason Robert Brown (Helen Hayes PAC); Damaged Care (U.S. House of Congress); Rachel Shukert’s Everything's Coming Up Moses with Seth Rudetsky; MTW’s Holiday Extravaganza with Kristin Chenowith; All You Can Sing with Phoebe Snow; Free & Equal (Yip Harburg Foundation); the feature film Varla Jean And The Mushroomheads; the new musical Hit Her With The Skates (UCPAC Hamilton Stage/Broadway World pick); and the American Songbook with Jackie Hoffman at Lincoln Center.