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Via Dei Capocci by Carlotta Corradi - READING part of In Scena
SYNOPSIS
Lina, an old resident of Via dei Capocci in Rome, rents out rooms to
immigrant prostitutes. Here she meets Irina, a former prostitute from
Easter Europe, who is looking for work as a cleaning woman. Their
present situation mixes with scenes from the 1950s, in which
prostitutes Viola and Mery share a room in a brothel. As the play
progresses, we discover a secret connecting the women in the play
BIO
*Carlotta Corradi, *already a Director and Documentarian, began
writing for the stage in 2010. Her second written work was published
by Italian publisher Editoria e Spettacolo. In 2012 she became part of
a writing group led by famous Italian playwright Fausto Paravidino at
Teatro Valle Occupato, Italy's oldest theatre which, since 2011, has
been occupied by a group of actors, musicians, directors, technicians
and creative staff who took it over when it was down due to budget
cuts, and have transformed the space into one of Europe's most
ground-breaking cultural venues. At the same time, she composed "Peli"
which was included in the festival "Nuove Drammaturgie In Scena"
curated by Rodolfo Di Giammarco. She is currently a member of the
Reading Committee of the Teatro Valle Occupato, which selects
contemporary theatre pieces from all over the world to be presented as
staged readings within the "Orazio" festival. As part of the latter,
she also directed "Homicide House," winner of the Tondelli/Riccione
2013 Award.
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New York, NY 10003
United States
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