UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS
Rewriting History |
DIRTY MICKEY |
JOE (Matteo Cremon) |
MICKEY & JOE (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty)
150 years (give or take) after the "unification" of Italy, a forgotten player finds herself trapped in limbo with her sworn enemy.
Dirty Mickey, hailing from the dark Southern underbelly of an otherwise glorious country, was a soldier in the resistance. Joe was the golden boy of the Risorgimento (literally, resurrection), forever remembered as a political hero. What will happen when Mickey, an outlaw who was silenced, murdered and erased for his benefit, comes after his legacy today? This contemporary spaghetti western challenges our collective memory, or collective amnesia.
Written by Michaela Di Cesare and directed by Daniele Bartolini, this two-hander is the ultimate Italian standoff.
Written by Michaela Di Cesare and directed by Daniele Bartolini, this two-hander is the ultimate Italian standoff.
Presented at the Mirella and Lino Saputo Theatre
With the generous support of the FCCI and the Canada Council for the Arts.
Centre Leonardo Da Vinci
Dirty Mickey, hailing from the dark Southern underbelly of an otherwise glorious country, was a soldier in the resistance. Joe was the golden boy of the Risorgimento (literally, resurrection), forever remembered as a political hero. What will happen when Mickey, an outlaw who was silenced, murdered and erased for his benefit, comes after his legacy today? This contemporary spaghetti western challenges our collective memory, or collective amnesia.
Written by Michaela Di Cesare and directed by Daniele Bartolini, this two-hander is the ultimate Italian standoff.
Written by Michaela Di Cesare and directed by Daniele Bartolini, this two-hander is the ultimate Italian standoff.
Presented at the Mirella and Lino Saputo Theatre
With the generous support of the FCCI and the Canada Council for the Arts.
Centre Leonardo Da Vinci
CAST & CREW
Directed by Daniele Bartolini
By Michaela Di Cesare
With Matteo Cremon (JOE) and Michaela Di Cesare (DIRTY MICKEY)
Production Manager & Technical Director Shopdogs (Lee Tucker)
Stage Manager Ava Bishop
Set, Costume and Props Designer Sabrina Miller
Lighting Designer Sarah Mansikka
Sound Designer Andrea Gozzi
Video Designer Davide Chiazzese
Video Design Associate Xavier Allard
Set Build Shopdogs
Fight Choreographer Cara Rebecca
Publicity Consultant Janis Kirshner
Social Media & Marketing Anissah Vanhorn
Poster Design Cassandra Marsillo
Stage Crew Trinity MacQuillan
Makeup for Video Amy Wetzler
Dress Rehearsal Pictures Emelia Hellman
With Dramaturgy by Ann Lambert and Laura Mitchell
Theatre Ouest End Producing Team Ann Lambert, Laura Mitchell, Alice Abracen, Ayesha Hasan, and Anissah Vanhorn
By Michaela Di Cesare
With Matteo Cremon (JOE) and Michaela Di Cesare (DIRTY MICKEY)
Production Manager & Technical Director Shopdogs (Lee Tucker)
Stage Manager Ava Bishop
Set, Costume and Props Designer Sabrina Miller
Lighting Designer Sarah Mansikka
Sound Designer Andrea Gozzi
Video Designer Davide Chiazzese
Video Design Associate Xavier Allard
Set Build Shopdogs
Fight Choreographer Cara Rebecca
Publicity Consultant Janis Kirshner
Social Media & Marketing Anissah Vanhorn
Poster Design Cassandra Marsillo
Stage Crew Trinity MacQuillan
Makeup for Video Amy Wetzler
Dress Rehearsal Pictures Emelia Hellman
With Dramaturgy by Ann Lambert and Laura Mitchell
Theatre Ouest End Producing Team Ann Lambert, Laura Mitchell, Alice Abracen, Ayesha Hasan, and Anissah Vanhorn
MAY 24 - POST-SHOW DISCUSSION PANEL
Media Coverage
McSweeney’s List (14 May 2025) - Dawn McSweeney (Forget the box)
https://www.forgetthebox.ca/arts/mcsweeneys-list-117
On attend: Mickey & Joe (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty.), au théâtre Mirella et Lino Saputo du 17 au 25 - Sophie Pouliot (Le Devoir)
www.ledevoir.com/culture/theatre/880417/planches
Theatre Ouest End: Mickey & Joe (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty.) - (Ma/My Scena)
https://myscena.org/events/theatre-ouest-end-mickey-joe-good-bad-ugly-dirty-5/
Mickey & Joe (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty): In conversation with Michaela Di Cesare - (Accenti Magazine)
https://accenti.ca/mickey-joe-good-bad-ugly-dirty-in-conversation-with-michaela-di-cesare/
Community Shout Out: Theatre Ouest End upcoming play ‘Mickey & Joe (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty)’ - Global NEWShttps://globalnews.ca/video/11183138/community-shout-out-theatre-ouest-end-upcoming-play-mickey-joe-good-bad-ugly-dirty/
Mickey & Joe: a modern-day spaghetti western play that tackles the Garibaldi question - (italocanadese.org)
https://italocanadese.org/2025/05/07/mickey-joe-a-modern-day-spaghetti-western-play-that-tackles-the-garibaldi-question/
A standoff at the crossroads of history – Mickey & Joe (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty.) - (The Montrealer)
https://themontrealeronline.com/2025/05/a-standoff-at-the-crossroads-of-history-mickey-joe-good-bad-ugly-dirty/
MICKEY & JOE (GOOD. BAD. UGLY. DIRTY.) Begins At Theatre Ouest End In May - A.A. Cristi (broadway world)
https://www.broadwayworld.com/montreal/article/MICKEY-JOE-GOOD-BAD-UGLY-DIRTY-Begins-AtTheatre-Ouest-End-In-May-20250430
What’s Happening in Montreal, May 2 edition - (Stuart Nulman's Grapevine)
https://stuartnulmansgrapevine.wordpress.com/2025/05/02/whats-happening-in-montreal-may-2-edition-2/
English theatre shines in Montreal by Richard Burnett - (Montreal)
https://www.mtl.org/en/experience/english-theatre-shines-montreal?fbclid=IwY2xjawJugYFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnQEi9wmfQwd-d0sssYvXIDbirwyFyKBB5BZgoEtXw9P7wQYo8am9URVPbb4_aem_B5UJy9JaEDbCKL1dBNFEYA
MICKEY & JOE (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty.) - QDF Digital Calendar
www.quebecdrama.org/calendar
www.quebecdrama.org/calendar
M&J - Accenti Magazine International Festival of the Arts 2023 - (italocanadese.org)
https://italocanadese.org/2023/09/01/mickey-joe-good-bad-ugly-dirty/
Centaur Theatre's new playwright in residence is on the trail of her doppelgänger - Marilla Steuter-Martin (CBC NEWS)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/centaur-theatre-writer-in-residence-michaela-di-cesare-1.5323780
ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS IN ITALIAN:
Dietro le quinte di MICKEY & JOE GOOD BAD UGLY DIRTY - Vittoria Zorfini (CFMB AM 1280)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDBw7yK3JRE&list=PLeCSVqTSUmVyR5BOIygTryarQ6JylLiKQ
MICKEY & JOE (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty.): la storia dell’Italia unita come non l’avete mai vista (Cittadino Canadese)
https://cittadino.ca/mickey-joe-good-bad-ugly-dirty-la-storia-dellitalia-unita-come-non-lavete-mai-vista/
https://www.forgetthebox.ca/arts/mcsweeneys-list-117
On attend: Mickey & Joe (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty.), au théâtre Mirella et Lino Saputo du 17 au 25 - Sophie Pouliot (Le Devoir)
www.ledevoir.com/culture/theatre/880417/planches
Theatre Ouest End: Mickey & Joe (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty.) - (Ma/My Scena)
https://myscena.org/events/theatre-ouest-end-mickey-joe-good-bad-ugly-dirty-5/
Mickey & Joe (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty): In conversation with Michaela Di Cesare - (Accenti Magazine)
https://accenti.ca/mickey-joe-good-bad-ugly-dirty-in-conversation-with-michaela-di-cesare/
Community Shout Out: Theatre Ouest End upcoming play ‘Mickey & Joe (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty)’ - Global NEWShttps://globalnews.ca/video/11183138/community-shout-out-theatre-ouest-end-upcoming-play-mickey-joe-good-bad-ugly-dirty/
Mickey & Joe: a modern-day spaghetti western play that tackles the Garibaldi question - (italocanadese.org)
https://italocanadese.org/2025/05/07/mickey-joe-a-modern-day-spaghetti-western-play-that-tackles-the-garibaldi-question/
A standoff at the crossroads of history – Mickey & Joe (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty.) - (The Montrealer)
https://themontrealeronline.com/2025/05/a-standoff-at-the-crossroads-of-history-mickey-joe-good-bad-ugly-dirty/
MICKEY & JOE (GOOD. BAD. UGLY. DIRTY.) Begins At Theatre Ouest End In May - A.A. Cristi (broadway world)
https://www.broadwayworld.com/montreal/article/MICKEY-JOE-GOOD-BAD-UGLY-DIRTY-Begins-AtTheatre-Ouest-End-In-May-20250430
What’s Happening in Montreal, May 2 edition - (Stuart Nulman's Grapevine)
https://stuartnulmansgrapevine.wordpress.com/2025/05/02/whats-happening-in-montreal-may-2-edition-2/
English theatre shines in Montreal by Richard Burnett - (Montreal)
https://www.mtl.org/en/experience/english-theatre-shines-montreal?fbclid=IwY2xjawJugYFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnQEi9wmfQwd-d0sssYvXIDbirwyFyKBB5BZgoEtXw9P7wQYo8am9URVPbb4_aem_B5UJy9JaEDbCKL1dBNFEYA
MICKEY & JOE (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty.) - QDF Digital Calendar
www.quebecdrama.org/calendar
www.quebecdrama.org/calendar
M&J - Accenti Magazine International Festival of the Arts 2023 - (italocanadese.org)
https://italocanadese.org/2023/09/01/mickey-joe-good-bad-ugly-dirty/
Centaur Theatre's new playwright in residence is on the trail of her doppelgänger - Marilla Steuter-Martin (CBC NEWS)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/centaur-theatre-writer-in-residence-michaela-di-cesare-1.5323780
ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS IN ITALIAN:
Dietro le quinte di MICKEY & JOE GOOD BAD UGLY DIRTY - Vittoria Zorfini (CFMB AM 1280)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDBw7yK3JRE&list=PLeCSVqTSUmVyR5BOIygTryarQ6JylLiKQ
MICKEY & JOE (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty.): la storia dell’Italia unita come non l’avete mai vista (Cittadino Canadese)
https://cittadino.ca/mickey-joe-good-bad-ugly-dirty-la-storia-dellitalia-unita-come-non-lavete-mai-vista/