SILVIA CASSINI

Written in 1974 by controversial Italian playwright, Dario Fo, Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay! is a farce that tells

the story of Margherita and Antonia, who lead a revolt in the local supermarket, as inflation reaches

an all-time high. Fo employs comedic methods of the ancient Italian commedia dell’arte, a theatrical

style popular with the proletarian classes. I played Margherita.