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For a play by an author from this country, Es Devlin designed a Tony-winning set shaped like a rotating glass box. In that play from this country, three actors play multiple generations of a family beginning with Henry, Emanuel, and Mayer. Short monologues inspired by Biblical apocrypha, sometimes in grammelot, comprise a “comedic mystery play” from this country denounced by the Vatican. The Lehman Trilogy is by an author from this country, (10[1])as is a play in which a man with a fake pegleg pretends to be a bishop, judge, and forensic expert while outwitting (10[1])policemen. (10[2])The Maniac gets the Superintendent to reveal that he pushed a man out of a window (10[1])in a play by an author from this country, Accidental Death of an Anarchist. (10[1])For 10 points, name this home country of Stefano Massini (10[1])and Dario Fo. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Italy [or Italia; or Italian Republic; or Repubblica Italiana] (The third sentence refers to Fo’s Mistero Buffo.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Richard NiuCornell BNYU A7110
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins AMaryland A9410
Ivvone ZhouPenn ARutgers A9510
William OrrYale AColumbia B9510
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BGeorge Washington B11110
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeColumbia C12510
Gus VanskikeMaryland BVassar A13510
William BrokerHaverford BGeorge Washington A13910
Arjun BothraHaverford APenn B13910

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Florida2025-02-013100%0%122.67
Great Lakes2025-02-016100%0%114.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-016100%17%109.33
Midwest2025-02-016100%17%86.17
North2025-02-013100%0%100.67
Northeast2025-02-015100%0%117.20
Overflow2025-02-014100%0%101.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-012100%0%113.50
South Central2025-02-012100%0%98.00
Southeast2025-02-014100%25%128.00
UK2025-02-015100%0%104.20
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-019100%0%111.56
Upstate NY2025-02-013100%0%124.33