Pensaci, Giacomino!

Set in a sleepy provincial town, the opening scene unfolds in the bustling corridor of a middle‑school. Professor Agostino Toti, a weary natural‑history teacher, is trying to conduct a lesson when a sudden commotion erupts from his classroom. The school caretaker, Cinquemani, rushes in, alarmed by the noise, and the irascible director, Cavalier Diana, storms through the doors demanding order. What begins as a routine reprimand quickly devolves into a farcical exchange of accusations, baffled students, and frantic attempts to locate a mysterious intruder.

The play introduces a lively cast – Toti’s bewildered wife Lillina, the cheeky Giacomino Delisi, his sister Rosaria, and a chorus of silent pupils – all caught in the absurdity of a single disciplinary scandal. Pirandello uses the classroom chaos to poke fun at the rigidity of authority and the fragile veneer of respectability in small‑town life. While the humor is immediate and slapstick, the dialogue hints at deeper questions about identity, reputation, and the thin line between order and madness. Listeners are invited to laugh along as the school’s little universe teeters on the brink of extraordinary confusion.