He is a low-class servant who is used as comic relief, often confusing the plot through his misunderstandings. When it comes to getting a job done, his childlike curiosity tends to get the better of him. He is forgetful, constantly hungry and slow of wits. Yet he is street-smart and gets out of predicaments with his acrobatic skills. Please click on small mask picture to get a close up!

He is a high-brow servant and a sly schemer. He is also quick of wit, resourceful and excellent at getting in the last word in the most articulate and cynical manner. His goal is to trick the masters and mess up the order of their world. In the hopes of gaining some profit or some revenge, he uses his intrigues to reorganize the status quo. He is often worming out of the situations he creates. Please click on small mask picture to get a close up!

Pantalone, the Venetian merchant, is at the top of the pecking order. He is old, rich, greedy and naïve. Yet he is also lusty, especially after attractive young ladies. He is the employer, giving orders to his servants, as well as the father, governing his children. Please click on small mask picture to get a close up!

He is a soldier from Spain, who is boisterous, bragging about all his great exploits in war and love. Underneath it all, he is a coward. He thinks of himself as a great lover, chasing after any and all young women. He often becomes a jealous rival.He is skilled in swordplay and poetry. Please click on small mask picture to get a close up!

A contemporary commedia character - She is the cougar, the drunk-dirty lady at the bar, hitting on the 20 year old boys in tight pants. Please click on small mask picture to get a close up!

She is a female servant, or "servetta". She is young, witty, pretty and able to fend off older lovers who are after her. She is loyal to her mistress and always ready to help the lovers in their plight. She is often connected with Arlecchino. He frustrates her and she has to scold him, punish him, desert him, then take him back. Please click on small mask picture to get a close up!

He is not a pretty sight with his hook-nose, hump-back and gluttonous nature. In the pecking order, he is a mutant Trickster zanni (servant). He is a free spirit with the freewheeling nature to break down the forth wall, speaking directing to the audience. He can point out truth. Pulcinella tells it like it is. His home life is usually a nightmare, as he is stuck in domestic hell with a nasty wife. Please click on small mask picture to get a close up!

He is the lowest zanni, usually at service to several other servants who are above him. He is the butt of the joke without realizing it and easily confused and distracted. Stupino can only handle so many instructions. He is easily amazed and amused by life. Please click on small mask picture to get a close up!

He is a doctor, lawyer, philosopher etc. who claims to know everything about anything...but really he doesn't know much of anything. He is lustful, lazy, gluttonous and LOVES to hear the sound of his own voice. He enjoys having a glass of wine...or 5 glasses of wine and often free associates when he is tipsy. Please click on small mask picture to get a close up!