Episode
Caravaggio - Act 1
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- Table Read
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- Feb 10, 2026
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- 2482
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Summary
Caravaggio, the brilliant outlaw painter whose genius made him famous and whose violence made him a fugitive. Rome, 1610. The city is loud, corrupt, holy, and dangerous. Caravaggio thrives in it. Act One drops you straight into the night everything breaks. Inside a dark Roman chapel, Caravaggio confronts his greatest rival and exposes a truth the Church is not ready to control. God does not live in perfection. God lives in flesh, shadow, and brutal light. Outside the church, Rome answers back. Wine turns into provocation. Desire turns into rivalry. Old grudges sharpen. A debt comes due. What begins as swagger spirals into violence, and by dawn Caravaggio’s life in Rome is over. Wanted. Hunted. Unforgivable. A carriage slips through the gates. A boat cuts across black water. Behind him, the city that crowned him now wants him dead. Ahead lies Malta, a fortified island ruled by warrior monks, where faith is enforced with steel and survival demands obedience. Act One is ignition. Art as rebellion. Faith as power. Genius as liability. This is where the fuse gets lit. Cast Dennis Kleinman · Narrator Craig Parker · Caravaggio Dan Lauria · Cardinal Del Monte Bruce Davison · Alof de Wignacourt Shaan Sharma · Stefano della Croce Catherine Lidstone · Lena Sarah Elmaleh · Maria Brendan Bradley · Annibale Carracci Noah James · Ranuccio Tomassoni Josh Sterling · Ottavio Tomassoni Zeke Alton · Giovan Tomassoni Nick Monteleone · Mancini Matt Curtin · Toppa Bjorn Johnson · Pope Paul V Ray Abruzzo · Pope Clement VIII Written by Richard Vetere Executive Produced by Jack Levy, Shaan Sharma, and Mark Knell Table Read is a Manifest Media production. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.