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F.E.S.T.A. announces its 2010 Theatrical Season!Our upcoming season is chock-full of opportunities for families and children, tourists, and the multicultural residents of Florence. All productions will either be performed bilingually or in English with Italian subtitles.On January 11, 2010, F.E.S.T.A. is doing a bilingual production of The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams at the Pergola Theatre as a benefit for Meyer Hospital. Local ex-pat and Florentine children will act in the show alongside celebrity narrators and musicians. Art, textile and industrial designer Riccardo Rami will design the sets and costumes, and world-renowned Florentine pianist Leonardo Brizzi will play the music. Tickets by invitation only through Meyer Hospital. More details on this show to come! In February and March, F.E.S.T.A. will hold a theatre workshop, Free to be you and me, about making friends while being true to yourself, for children (ages 6-12) at St. James Church that will culminate in a small performance. Write us HERE for More information… In April, F.E.S.T.A. unites with the British Institute and the Pergola Theatre for the British Institute’s annual tribute to Shakespeare’s birthday. This year, the week-long festival is dedicated to Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. F.E.S.T.A. has been asked to open the festival by performing scenes from the play and leading a discussion that will explore race, gender, and religion. Later that week, these 3 Institutes will collaborate on a bilingual literature and theatre workshop at the Pergola Theatre for high school students to delve into these same themes. Write us HERE for More information… In June and July 2010, F.E.S.T.A. presents Bram Stoker’s Dracula at the Bargello Museum, which promises to be as terrifying, seductive, and successful as last year’s Macbeth. After the run at the Bargello, Dracula will tour Tuscany and possibly make a foray to Rome. Using the same winning formula as last year, Dracula will feature professional actors from across the globe! Write us HERE for More information… Auditions for Dracula at the Bargello will be in late January! If you are called back, callbacks will take place on the same day as auditions. Contact sidasilva@yahoo.com for an audition. For actors living outside of Italy, it is possible to audition by video. We are accepting video submissions now until Feb. 15. Actors can use webcams to film the audition pieces, and it should be sent by email. Please prepare two 1-2-minute (maximum, shorter if possible) English-language monologues, one comedic, one dramatic. Final cast will be announced by Feb. 25. Theatrical fight masters Ted Sharon and Daniel Lendzian will be back this summer to teach stage combat and rapier classes to adult actors. Classes will take place in May or June. Write us HERE for More information… In June 2010, F.E.S.T.A. will also be offering a children’s workshop, Baby Dracula, teaching theatre and stage combat techniques and culminating in a small production of this classic. There will be two age groups for Baby Dracula -- ages 6-10 and 11-14. In December 2010/January 2011, we will stage Oliver Twist in English with Italian subtitles! Location: TBA Summer 2009
MACBETH: F.E.S.T.A. recently completed its production of Macbeth at the National Bargello Museum in July 2009. Macbeth was performed in English with Italian subtitles. Cast and crew featured 10 American actors, an American director, 3 British actors, 4 Italian actors, and designers from 4 countries – as well as a large technical staff of American and Italian students and professionals. Each performance was completely sold out. RAI TV, the national TV station aired footage, and there was coverage in 8 local and national newspapers.
BABY MACBETH and STAGE COMBAT CLASSES: In addition to our mainstage production of Macbeth, F.E.S.T.A. held a children's summer workshop, Baby Macbeth, teaching theatre and stage combat techniques to 40 local and third-culture children, and culminating in a small production of the Shakespearean classic. F.E.S.T.A. also organized an adult stage combat workshop, attended by American and Italian actors and a screening of Orson Welles’ Macbeth at the Odeon Cinehall in Florence.
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We are now looking forward to our third season - and we want you to be a part of this! The arts are important. Accessible, bilingual art that reaches out to the entire community is something desperately needed in our city and evident in the enthusiastic response to Peter & the Wolf. And the truth is, we cannot do it without you. Explore our site, and get in touch - we are looking for artists, painters, actors, writers, creators, dreamers, dancers, singers, kids, audiences - and everyone else in between! Lets have a FESTA! |
Our 2008 big adventure was one of the best loved children's books of all time - Alice in Wonderland. This multimedia production featured a cast of some of Florence's finest actors from Italy and from around the world, with over SIXTY TWO characters, live music, dancers, and nine of Florence's children, in a special bilingual adaptation meant to be understood by the whole audience!
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