By Alex Newman

A Sicilian-American theatre company is bringing its inaugural production to Watertown, an original piece titled La Storia di Colapesce. Trinacria Theatre Company created the story during a four-week residency in Sicily; its cast of eight American theatre artists is using the production as a means of promoting Sicilian history, heritage and culture at home and abroad.

La Storia di Colapesce is a reimagining of the Sicilian folk legend Colapesce, a tale of a fisherman's son from Messina who is said to be half-man, half-fish because he spends so much time diving beneath the waves. Colapesce's legend grows to the point that it catches the attention of King Frederick the II of Sicily, who sets out to put Colapesce's powers to the test. He sends Colapesce to the ocean floor, where Cola finds terrible threats to the city of Messina.

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Source: http://patch.com/