Vile
Affections
| Cast
of Characters | Synopsis | Honors
& Awards | Production
History | Reviews | Purchase
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Cast of Characters
| BENDETTA CARLINI |
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passionate, dramatic, in her 20s throughout the bulk of the play, in the very beginning
and in the end in her 70s |
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| BARTOLOMEA CRIVELLI |
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innocent, shy, fearful, 18 years through the bulk of Act I play, in the very beginning and end, in her late 60's |
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| FATHER PAOLO RICORDATTI |
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sincere, compassionate, keeping a secret from others and from himself, elderly |
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| PROVOST STEFANO CECCHI (pronounced Chehkee) |
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Powerful, analytical, efficient, doesn’t like being challenged. 35-45 years throughout the
bulk of the play, in the end in his 70s or 80s |
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| SISTER FIORA |
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gossipy, an inner sensitivity that can lead her to take vengeance when she is hurt, during bulk of play she is in her 30s. At the very beginning and end she is in her 70s |
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| SISTER CATERINA |
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sexy, says what she thinks. During the bulk of play she is in 30s. At the very beginning and end she is in her 70s |
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| ANTONIO FABRICI |
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young, macho, run by testosterone, recent graduate of Padua University, probably not a great student |
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| YOUNG NUN |
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Synopsis
In 1621 the government and church finally took notice of Mother Benedetta
Carlini. She had been claiming to have visions for eight years, but it was not until she began to grow in power that church officials sent the Provost to investigate this so-called mystic. The Provost seeks the truth, but the truth he uncovers shakes his world beyond anything he could have expected. Vile Affections is based on a true story.
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Honors
and Awards
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Production History
- New York International Fringe Festival
(FringeNYC)
- Further Developed at Dixon Place, NYC
- Developed at Emerging Artists Theater
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Reviews
“(An) inspired script with ribald humor, flights of poetic beauty, and admirable grasp of the history, customs, social milieu, and religious controversies of the day..”
- Nancy Ellen Shore, Backstage.com
"Thank you very much for submitting VILE AFFECTIONS to Original Works. We would be honored to publish such a challenging, thought provoking, and daring play."
- Jason Aaron Gold Original Works Publisher
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