The Versatility of Chairs

This book is about the struggles of Italian immigrants in Hartford, Connecticut back in the 1930s and growing up as the son of Italian immigrants. Its about coping with poverty and a hostile environment and surviving. Its about family love, parenting and instilling sound principles in our young. Its about self-reliance and self-esteem, establishing worthy goals and working hard and applying raw determination to attain those goals. Its about the importance of education and the need to become directly involved in local government and community affairs. Its about laughing, learning and improvising. Its about community theatre, about searching for and developing hidden talents, about devoting untold quantities of energy and applying imagination and fantasy to the creation of theatrical illusions and imagery. Its about the immense satisfaction one can derive from striving to become proficient as an actor, director and producer of live theatre. And, finally, its about magically transforming the flaccid and inert written word into vital third dimensional action and, from the empathy thereby produced, experiencing the exhilarating power and gratification returned by an appreciative audience.