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Join us for a day celebrating the legacy of Dario Fo with Robert Brustein, the legendary founder of the Yale Repertory Theatre and the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T) and Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Afternoon screenings curated by Rossella Menna.

Additional support from Rossella Menna (Dramaturg, performing arts curator), and Mariateresa Pizza (Director, Franca Rame Dario Fo Archive/Rome); the Italian Playwrights Project, Valeria Orani and The Italian Cultural Institute, Giorgio Van Straten.

Same Day Afternoon screenings:

In If Venice Dies, a fiery blend of history and cultural analysis, Settis argues that “hit-and-run” visitors are turning landmark urban settings into shopping malls and theme parks. He warns that Western civilization’s prime achievements face impending ruin from mass tourism and global cultural homogenization. This is a passionate plea to secure the soul of Venice, written with consummate authority, wide-ranging erudition and élan.

6:30 Art Exhibition Opening

7:00 Musical Performance with Reception to follow

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The Philip V. Cannistraro Seminar Series in Italian American Studies

Neapolitan Postcards: The Canzone Napoletana as Transnational Subject
Giorgio Bertellini, Rosangela Briscese, Ana Cara, and Joseph Sciorra

The U.S. Premiere of
Le Passioni dell'Anima

A musical story for children’s choir, solo voice and piano inspired by the human emotions and sung in Italian

Performed by the New York City Children's Chorusdirected by Mary Wannamaker Huff
Andrew Elliot Henderson, piano

On the occasion of the IBLA Foundation Winners recital at Carnegie Hall on May 9: click here for more info.

Followed by a screening of the documentary about the previous edition (2016).

This screening is part of Primi al Cinema, a new Casa Italiana series dedicated to debut films, American and New York premieres and other cinematographic novelties from and about Italy.

La stoffa dei sogni
(Italy, 2016, 101 min.)
In ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles