Emma: Celebrazione! (1997)

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Laura Lattuada, Nick Carrafa. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Emma: Celebrazione! (1997)

By Graham Pitts

01 February 1997 – 01 March 1997 Merlyn Theatre

Adapted from the Autobiography of Emma Ciccotosto

Playbox Theatre Company,

New Adaptation Theatre Musical Remount

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.

A return season, this production subsequently toured to Geelong and Bendigo.

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Carmelina di Guglielmno, Nick Carrafa. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" Laura Lattuada (far right), with members of the choir. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Laura Lattuada as Emma, Kavisha Mazzella (Musical Director). Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Laura Lattuada, Nick Carrafa. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Nick Carrafa, Carmelina di Guglielmo, Laura Lattuada. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Laura Lattuada, Kate Jason-Omodei. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Nick Carrafa, Laura Lattuada. Photographer: Jeff Busby
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Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Carmelina di Guglielmno, Nick Carrafa. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" Laura Lattuada (far right), with members of the choir. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Laura Lattuada as Emma, Kavisha Mazzella (Musical Director). Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Laura Lattuada, Nick Carrafa. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Nick Carrafa, Carmelina di Guglielmo, Laura Lattuada. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Laura Lattuada, Kate Jason-Omodei. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Emma: Celebrazione!" L-R: Nick Carrafa, Laura Lattuada. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Creatives

Graham Pitts

Playwright

Kavisha Mazzella

Musical Director

Rose Clemente

Director

Trina Parker

Trina Parker

Designer

Efterpi Soropos

Lighting Designer

John Norton

Musician

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to La Voce Della Luna

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