The Light in the Piazza at Jefferson Performing Arts Society

The romance of Florence comes to life on stage! The six-time Tony Award-winning The Light in the Piazza combines the romance of Italy with a passionate love story. It is the summer of 1953 and Margaret Johnson, the wife of an American businessman, is touring the Tuscan countryside with her daughter, Clara. While sightseeing, Clara-a beautiful, surprisingly childish young woman-loses her hat in a sudden gust. As if guided by an unseen hand, the hat lands at the feet of Fabrizio Naccarelli, a handsome Florentine, who returns it to Clara. This brief episode, charged with coincidence and fate, sparks an immediate and intense romance between Clara and Fabrizio. Margaret, extremely protective of her daughter, attempts to keep Clara and Fabrizio apart. As THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA unfolds, a secret is revealed: in addition to the cultural differences between the young lovers, Clara is not quite all that she appears. Unable to suppress the truth about her daughter, Margaret is forced to reconsider not only Clara's future, but her own hopes as well. At the Dixon Hall at Tulane University.

Authors

• Adam Guettel
• Alfred Uhry
• Arthur Laurents
• Craig Lucas
• Elizabeth Spencer

Tony Awards and Nominations for The Light in the Piazza