Mattia Torre is like Eduardo De Filippo—a great investigator of our miseries and above all reminds us that certain miseries can be loved
(PAOLO SORRENTINO, OSCAR-WINNING ITALIAN DIRECTOR)
meet the cast:
THE ITALIAN AND AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT HAS THREE PRINCIPAL GOALS:
To raise the awareness of contemporary Italian and American writing for the stage in the Americas and in Italy and to foster the development of collaborative relationships between playwrights from Italy and American theatre artists and vice versa
To facilitate the collaborations between the authors, translators, directors, actors, publishers, and producers through workshops, meetings
and exchanges in Italy and the USThe publication of a translated anthology of the selected plays
Audio-drama professional productions of the translated plays
The Italian and American Playwrights Project aims to promote collaboration between playwrights, translators, and artists from Italy and the US through events, readings, and audio-drama productions. Since its first American edition in 2015, the project has introduced the latest works of various Italian playwrights to the American audience, all fully translated and published in the USA by Segal Theatre Center Publications. In 2016, the project dedicated a special edition to Stefano Massini's writing, catching the attention of The Play Company, resulting in the Off-Broadway production of "Intractable Woman" (Donna non rieducabile) in 2018. The second special edition in 2018 focused on Marco Martinelli's writing and the work of Teatro delle Albe, leading to collaborations with PAJ - Performing Art Journal and the selection of New York as one of the stops for the Dante Project. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, the third edition of the Italian Playwrights Project took a new direction, producing audio dramas instead of the usual industrial readings for text promotion. www.italianandamericanplaywrightsproject.com
Add your voice to our mission by making a tax-deductible donation*
*Fractured Atlas is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Contributions to Italian and American Playwrights Project are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Italian and American Playwrights Project is curated by Valeria Orani and Frank Hentschker
with 369gradi, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center / Graduate Center CUNY and the support of Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York
AGENDA
PUBLICATIONS
Helping Italian Artists Create Opportunity in the United States: Valeria Orani and “Umanism”
IAPP - 1st edition (photo by Selene Candido)
from L’ITALO-AMERICANO
The Gift of Eternity: A Conversation with Umanism Founder Valeria Orani
from The Play Company website (Playco.org)
Promoting theatre between Italy and NYC - Organizzare teatro tra l’Italia e NYC
APP - 1st edition (photo courtesy by American University of Rome)
from DOPPIOZERO (interview by Rossella Menna)
“Valeria’s initiative is the most significant Italian playwright project in the last two decades in the Americas, and we are honored to be able to support this project”
“Collaborating with the Italian Playwrights Project has allowed us to bring contemporary Italian theater and the theory and practice of stage translation to life for our students. ”
