Photos: 'Commedia in the Park'

"Commedia in the Park" is an annual event presented by Western Washington University Theatre students enrolled in the summer course "Advanced Acting Topics," taught by Rich Brown.

The highly physicalized, masked comic performance originates from the Italian Renaissance. The show features well-known stock characters such as the tricky servants, young lovers and foolish old men.

The performances, which occurred in Bellingham's Maritime Heritage Park are over for this summer, but they'll be back in 2017.