Theater
MACARONI AND MAL OCCHIO (EVIL
EYE)
FOOD, FAITH, AND FAMILY—
GROWING UP ITALIAN-AMERICAN
A ONE-ACT PLAY
Written and Performed by
LuLu LoLo |
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Recapturing the love, laughter, and tears of her Italian-American
childhood in East Harlem’s Little Italy, LuLu LoLo in a virtuoso
performance—without intermission—and with inventive costume
changes and songs—fills the stage with a non-stop parade of eleven
family characters and vignettes such as Making Macaroni with Grandma
LuLu, Great Aunt Lena Warding off the Evil Eye (Mal Occhio), The Seven
Fishes of Christmas Eve Dinner and other scenes which take the audience
back to the tenement life of her Italian immigrant grandparents. Theatergoers
from all backgrounds will recognize themselves and their families in
this poignant, exhilarating, and heartwarming show.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
| Oct. 2007 |
Harlem Open Artist Studio Tour, Sidewalk Performance,
East 116 Street/Pete Pascale Place, Across the street from the site
of the tenement building where LuLu’s mother grew up—where
LuLu’s grandparents lived. |
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| Oct. 29, 2005 |
Wagner College, Staten Island, NY Stage One |
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| Nov. 17 & 24 2002 |
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, Staten Island, NY
This performance was in conjunction with a large-scale installation
depicting LuLu LoLo’s Grandmothers’ tenement apartments,
which also served as the stage set for the performance.
Due to audience demand, LuLu performed an extra performance on November
24. |
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Oct. 23, 24, 25, 26, 29,
& Nov.3 2002 |
Raw Space, NY, Spotlight On Productions, Halloween
Festival |
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| Sept. 21, 2002 |
Bronx River Art Center, NY |
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| June 4, 2002 |
Leonard Branch, Brooklyn Public Library,
(sponsored by
Immigrants’ Theatre Project) LuLu LoLo created the stage set |
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REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
Sciorra, Joseph (appendix coauthored with Stefania Taviano). "A Lived History under Scrutiny: Italian American Performance Art". Teaching Italian American Literature, Film, and Popular Culture edited by Edvige Giunta and Kathleen Zamboni McCormick . The Modern American Language Association, NY 2010. pp 183-184, 189, 194-95.
McKanic, Arlene, “Macaroni and Mal Occhio”,
Greenwich Village Gazette, Nov. 15, 2002.
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