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Editor: PSA Pirandello Society Annual XXV
It was an honor to be one of the editors of the latest issue of PSA, which is now available to members of the Pirandello Society of America and at libraries worldwide. Read moreThe Short Play and Postmodernist Stage Directing: A Virtual Experiment with Pirandello’s Cecè
In my article "The Short Play and Postmodernist Stage Directing: A Virtual Experiment with Pirandello’s Cecè" just published by Quaderni d'Italianistica I continue my research on the potential of brevity at the theatre. I propose to stage three or more interpretations of the same play within the same context as a strategy to destabilize single authorship and authoritarian critical positions.The Italian Linguistic Continuum for the Stage: The Challenges of Translating Carta canta by Raffaello Baldini
I recently completed co-editing issue #3 of TSJ Translation: Translations Studies Journal, a peer reviewed journal, in collaboration with Philip Balma and Viola Miglio. In the section dedicated to the theatre, you can find my article "The Italian Linguistic Continuum for the Stage: The Challenges of Translating Carta canta by Raffaello Baldini." Read moreClothes (Don’t) Make the (Wo)Man: Costume as Mask and Identity in Enrico IV and Nostra Dea
PSA - Pirandello Society Annual XXIV is now in print and contains my article "Clothes (Don’t) Make the (Wo)Man: Costume as Mask and Identity in Enrico IV and Nostra Dea." Read moreStage Directions in Translation: George Bernard Shaw and the Italian Versions of the Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant
My article "Le didascalie tradotte alla prova: George Bernard Shaw e le versioni italiane dei Plays Pleasant e Unpleasant” (“Stage Directions in Translation: George Bernard Shaw and the Italian Versions of the Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant)" has appeared in the Italian translation studies journal Testo a fronte. Read moreVirtual Theatres in Miniature Rooms: The Early Italian Dialogic Sonnets
Italica - Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Italian has recently published “Virtual Theatres in Miniature Rooms: The Early Italian Dialogic Sonnets” an article in which I highlight the performative aspects of the Medieval Italian sonnet. Read morePosted in: ArticlesTags: Brevity, Futurism, Reduced Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare, Short Play, Tom Stoppard
The Synthetic Bard: Dramatic Condensation from the Futurists to The Reduced Shakespeare Company
Polymath: An Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Journal has just published my article "The Synthetic Bard: Dramatic Condensation from the Futurists to The Reduced Shakespeare Company" Read moreThe Intertextual Short Play
The journal MLN (Modern Language Notes) has published my article "The Intertextual Short Play: An Example Using Verga’s Cavalleria rusticana and Capuana’s Il piccolo archivio" Read moreFeatured Shows
Tics, or Doing the Deed by René Berton
The Flea Theater, New York City. The Fall season of 2014 at The Flea was dedicated to the Cutthroat series, eleven Grand-Guignol plays organized in four pods. Each of them replicated.. Read more
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
Theaterlab, New York City. The 110th anniversary of The Cherry Orchard prompted me to stage this phenomenal play with my company, on the exact dates of the anniversary of its premiere.. Read more
The Liar by Carlo Goldoni
Kline Theatre, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA. The Theatre Arts Department at Gettysburg College asked me to direct a mainstage production during the 2008-09 season. Thus, I adapted.. Read more
