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Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Robert Forza as Peter, Chantal Contouri as Concetta, Laura Lattuada as Emma. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Emma: Celebrazione! (1996)

By Graham Pitts

17 February 1996 – 09 March 1996 Merlyn Theatre

Adapted from the Autobiography of Emma Ciccotosto

Playbox Theatre Company,

New Adaptation Theatre World Premiere

Based on the autobiography of Italian migrant Emma Ciccotosto. While the story celebrates the Italian character as much as Emma's own individual personality, it is structured around relationships and rites of passage familiar to all cultures and, in this case, it is a wedding.

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: (front) Robert Forza as Domenico Orlando, Laura Lattuada as Emma. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: (centre) Laura Lattuada as Emma and Robert Forza as Peter, with the La Voce della Luna Choir. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Robert Forza as Peter, Laura Lattuada as Emma. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" Chantal Contouri as Concetta. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Laura Lattuada as Emma, Robert Forza as Peter. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: (front) Robert Forza as Domenico Orlando, Laura Lattuada as Emma. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: (centre) Laura Lattuada as Emma and Robert Forza as Peter, with the La Voce della Luna Choir. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Robert Forza as Peter, Laura Lattuada as Emma. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" Chantal Contouri as Concetta. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Laura Lattuada as Emma, Robert Forza as Peter. Photographer: Jeff Busby