Medea
By Teatro Patologico (Italy)
Directed by Dario D’Ambrosi
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Medea, directed by D’Ambrosi, combines professional actors, who perform in English, with a chorus of 14 actors with diverse abilities (including epilepsy, neurological disabilities and down syndrome) from the University program of D’Ambrosi’s Rome-based “Magic of Theater” Drama Academy, who perform in Attic Greek. “La magia del teatro” (The magic of Theatre), the Drama Academy for differently abled children directed by Dario D’ambrosi, is a school that stimulates the students’ creative freedom by giving them the theoretical and practical means to help them express themselves on the stage.
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Dario D’Ambrosi, one of Italy’s most distinguished theater artists, has made a career of productions about people with psychiatric disabilities, devising productions that portray their unique perspective on life. His stunning and visceral version of Euripides’ tragedy debuted at La MaMa in 2011. In 2012, it was presented at Wilton’s Music Hall in London and was awarded the Wilton Prize as Best Show of the Season. It has also been awarded the “Lupa Capitolina” Award in Rome, a Mayoral honour.
New York Theatre Review on MEDEA | Wesley Doucette on Medea as Presented by Teatro Patolgico at La MaMa
Unusual Drama School in Rome Is Set to Expand | more about Teatro Patologico from the NYTimes
The Pathological Passion of Dario D’Ambrosi | more about Teatro Patologico from The Brooklyn Rail