Misled seduction, adultery and general hilarity are all a part of this week's No Refund Theatre show.

The group will perform Three Cuckolds, a commedia centering on the character Arlecchino, whose mishaps in life move the play forward.

"His two main loves in life are food and sex and he rarely gets either of them," director Mark Celeste (junior-English) said.

In the play, Arlecchino goes to a new town and tries to seduce three married women.

"Arlecchino is basically the one who creates all the commotion," said Ryan Bergman (junior-film), who plays Arlecchino. "He always comes up with schemes and tricks to achieve his goals and almost 100 percent of the time they backfire on him which leads to the comedy."

Ariela Rossberg (junior-theatre) portrays one of the women Arlecchino tries to seduce.

"It involves climbing on top of each other, yelling, chasing, innuendoes and all sorts of fun things," Rossberg said.

The play is a commedia dell'arte, which means literally "the art of comedy." The actors all wear masks while performing. This form of theater started in Italy centuries ago, according to theatrehistory.com.

"It's really kind of atypical from plays you see put up today. This really is the father of commedia dell'arte, of any sort of situational comedy," Celeste said.

Because of the masks, the actors all have to pay close attention to their eyes and the expressions they make with them.

"The masks take on their own life, and it's not that it makes it more easy or more difficult, it's just different," Rossberg said.

In addition to the comedy coming from the scenes themselves, Three Cuckolds also incorporates a fair amount of physical comedy.

"Half of the comedy comes from the blocking," Bergman said. "There's all kinds of physical comedy that makes up a big part of the show."

The personal touches by the cast members are an aspect Celeste said he especially liked.

"The cast we chose have just taken it and made it their own. They add something new every day. There's room for open interpretation every night based on what happens and how the audience reacts," Celeste said.

Bergman said the over-the-top nature of the play has universal appeal, but college students especially will like it.

"The audience is going to be in stitches," Bergman said.