Franca Rame News

Lifegate is a monologue which weaves together the adventures of three different characters who seem to have nothing in common. Lifegate is coming to the Hollywood Fringe Festival from Italy to ?Asylum's Inter(National) House - 6500 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA.

Join The Segal Center on Monday, April 24 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) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Actors' Gang's new musical production of Harlequino: On to Freedom will have its U.S. Premiere on March 25, as part of the theater's 2017 Spring Season of Justice. Written and directed by Tim Robbins, Harlequino: On to Freedom is a raucous celebration of the rebel slave, Harlequino.

Women On The Verge: The voice of women needing to be heard everywhere. A collective claim to stop abuse and violence against women.

Italian playwright, director and performer Dario Fo passed away today in Milan, Italy. He was 90. The news was confirmed by his Italian publisher, Chiarelettere.

?Theater For The New City is pleased to announce a special talkback with internationally renowned author Domnica Radulescu and director Andreas Robertz, following the Saturday, May 21, 8:00 pm  performance of Exile Is My Home.  Told as a sci-fi, post-apocalyptic fairy tale,  Exile Is My Home is the haunting story of Mina and Lina, a refugee couple from the Balkans traveling through the galaxy in search of a planet to call home.  The play combines absurdist comedy, irony and suspense to raise consciousness about the current international refugee crisis and the complexity of issues related to it.  The story emerged partly from Radulescu's own experience as a political refugee from the former communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu and other accounts of displacement.  As millions of people are uprooted from their homes and swept across tumultuous seas and often unwelcome lands, Exile Is My Home highlights the importance of immigrant theater in bringing awareness about many of the challenges facing our world today.  

Casting has been confirmed for the world premiere of a new version of Maxim Gorky's Vassa Zheleznova, coming to Southwark Playhouse. The production will run Wednesday 15 June - Saturday 9 July 2016, with an official opening scheduled for Friday, 17 June 2016 at 8pm.

Theater For The New City has announced a special talkback with internationally renowned author Domnica Radulescu and director Andreas Robertz, following the April 30th, 8:00 pm  performance of Exile Is My Home.

 Experimental electronic musician, Alexander Tanson, announces the compostion of an original soundtrack for the new play by internationally renowned author, Domnica Radulescu.  Directed by Andreas Robertz, Exile Is My Home, is a sci-fi, post-apocalyptic fairy tale inspired by the playwrights experience as a political refugee from the former communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu.  The original music and sound design follow the themes and events of the play revolving around nostalgia, exile, surreal landscapes and absurd, sometimes violent events.  The result is a soundtrack moving between ambient soundscapes, emotional melodies, and surreal sound collages. 

Theater For The New City is proud to present the world premiere of Exile Is My Home, a provocative new play by internationally renowned author Domnica Radulescu.  Told as a sci-fi, post-apocalyptic fairy tale, Exile Is My Home is the haunting story of Mina and Lina, a refugee couple from the Balkans traveling through the galaxy in search of a planet to call home.  The play combines absurdist comedy, irony and suspense to raise consciousness about the current international refugee crisis and the complexity of issues related to it.  The story emerged partly from Radulescu's own experience as a political refugee from the former communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu and other accounts of displacement.  As millions of people are uprooted from their homes and swept across tumultuous seas and often unwelcome lands, Exile Is My Home highlights the importance of immigrant theater in bringing awareness about many of the challenges facing our world today.  

The Poets' Theatre is proud to announce its upcoming production of Nobel Laureate Dario's Fo comic masterpiece "Mistero Buffo" at Suffolk University's Modern Theatre from March 18th to 26th, 2016, as part of a festival celebrating Fo's 90th birthday.  The production features acclaimed actors Remo Airaldi, Benjamin Evett, and Debra Wise, and is directed by Bob Scanlan. The new American translation is by Bob Scanlan and Walter Valeri.

The Poets' Theatre is proud to announce its upcoming production of Nobel Laureate Dario's Fo comic masterpiece "Mistero Buffo" at Suffolk University's Modern Theatre from March 18th to 26th, 2016, as part of a festival celebrating Fo's 90th birthday.  The production features acclaimed actors Remo Airaldi, Benjamin Evett, and Debra Wise, and is directed by Bob Scanlan. The new American translation is by Bob Scanlan and Walter Valeri.

The Faction, pioneers of 21st Century repertory theatre and producers of critically acclaimed sell-out seasons as one of New Diorama's associate ensembles, will present a brand new edition of their Off West End award-nominated REPTEMBER RELOADED series of solo reinterpretations of classic and rarely-adapted plays in January 2016.

The Faction, pioneers of 21st Century repertory theatre and producers of critically acclaimed sell-out seasons as one of New Diorama's associate ensembles, will complete their six year tenure at the theatre with a fittingly epic finale: a 21-person Richard III.

Gorilla Tango Theater in Bucktown, Chicago has opened its doors to A Woman Alone by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, directed by India Duranthon, and starring Natalia Via. Performances will be November 5th, 12th, 19th, at 7pm and December 3rd at 8pm at Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago 60647. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door; to purchase tickets, please call 773-598-4549 or visit www.gorillatango.com.

Gorilla Tango Theater in Bucktown, Chicago has opened its doors to A Woman Alone by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, directed by India Duranthon, and starring Natalia Via. Performances will be November 5th, 12th, 19th, at 7pm and December 3rd at 8pm at Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago 60647. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door; to purchase tickets, please call 773-598-4549 or visit www.gorillatango.com.

Gorilla Tango Theater in Bucktown, Chicago has opened its doors to A Woman Alone by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, directed by India Duranthon, and starring Natalia Via. Performances will be November 5th, 12th, 19th, at 7pm and December 3rd at 8pm at Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago 60647. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door; to purchase tickets, please call 773-598-4549 or visit www.gorillatango.com.

The University of Cape Town's Drama Department presents the annual student-run theatre festival, FRESH FROM FEST, at the university's Hiddingh Campus. This year, UCT Drama will play host to five Western Cape institutions which have returned from the Grahamstown National Arts Festival as part of the Student Theatre or Schools' Festival.

Acclaimed Melbourne theatre performer Evelyn Krape will celebrate women of all ages in her new one-woman show More Female Parts at Arts Centre Melbourne's Fairfax Studio from 30 June - 4 July.

Dario Fo and Franca Rame's 1983 comedy THE OPEN COUPLE opens at Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre this November following its excellently received run at Nicholas Ellenbogen's intimate Rosebank Theatre in May as a double-bill alongside DIE BUFFEL, an Afrikaans adaptation of Anton Chekhov's THE BEAR.