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Di Esperienza

Part of the New American Playwrights Project
By Matthew Ivan Bennett
Directed by Jerry Rapier

August 7, 8, 27, 2008 • 10 a.m.

In the Auditorium Theatre

The name Leonardo da Vinci conjures an archetypal image: a sage, old man with a beard and beret. He seems almost godlike. yet, like most of us, he was plagued with self doubt. He procrastinated. He wondered who he was. Di Esperienza delves headlong into the mortal Leonardo and examines the edges where myth and reality meet.

About the Playwright

Matthew Ivan Bennett is the resident playwright of Plan-B Theatre Company in Salt Lake City. His plays Cold and Mesa Verde were seen on stage at Plan-B’s Script-In-Hand series, and he’s done four seasons now of Plan-B’s 24-hour theatre festival SLAM. His radio plays, Lavender and Exile were performed for a national audience on Halloween 2007 through KUER and XM, and his one-acts, To Go Boldly and The Voices, have appeared onstage with Circle Theatre in Chicago and Chicago Shakespeare’s Shorts. He’s been on stage as Puck with the Utah Shakespearean Festival’s educational tour, and he graduated magna cum laude from Southern Utah University with a degree in theatre arts. His first play, The White Light of Terrence, received awards at the American College Theatre Festival.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The plays in this series are written for contemporary adult audiences and may occasionally contain themes and language not appropriate for children and that some may find offensive.