One-man play, Made in Italy, opens March 12

Playwright Farren Timoteo was inspired to write Made in Italy from the stories he grew up hearing from his family. Persephone Theatre / Facebook

SASKATOON – A love letter to family, Italian culture and the Italian-Canadian experience is coming to the Persephone Theatre stage.

Made in Italy, written and performed by Farren Timoteo, will be on the Persephone Main Stage March 12-23.

Timoteo was inspired to write Made in Italy from the stories he grew up hearing from his family. He explained the story focuses on the relationship between his grandfather and his father, exploring not only the father-son relationship, but also a young man struggling to find his place in Canada as a child of immigrants, against the backdrop of pop culture in the 1970s.

“I was inspired to recreate a million joyful memories of family that would be – were it not for the sheer magic of storytelling – impossible to experience now that so much family has grown up, moved on, or passed away,” Timoteo said.

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