Theater workshop for male participants curated by Maurizio Cardillo in collaboration with Maschile Plurale Bologna
Age group: adult men
A project that sheds light on the multiplicity of the masculine universe through theater and the poetry of stage presence. The workshop creates theatrical paintings on masculinity that are not linked by any narrative thread.
Each participant is invited to start from himself, his body, his gaze, and his sensibility to compose an overall picture that is nourished by each personal contribution. For this to happen, the leader uses different techniques of improvisation and composition, some original, some suggested by theatrical experiences of contemporary research.
The stated goal is the creation of a final performance.
The journey and the final presentation have equal importance.
No previous theater experience is necessary to participate.
The workshop, which is held weekly, is free of charge and attendance is mandatory, under penalty of exclusion.
10 sessions at the Laura Betti Theater from March to May 2025.
The workshop will take place at the Laura Betti Theater in Casalecchio di Reno (Bologna) from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The final performance will take place at the Laura Betti Theater on Sunday, May 18.
Maurizio Cardillo is an actor, author, and theater teacher. He has participated for about ten years in the activities of Maschile Plurale Bologna, particularly in the events related to male self-awareness. A graduate of Dams spettacolo (Drama, art and music studies) and a graduate of the Bologna School of Theater, he has worked with Teatro dell’Elfo in Milan, Teatro Stabile di Bologna Ert, Teatri di Vita, Teatro delle Moline, Le Belle Bandiere Company, Teatro Stabile of Bolzano, Teatro del Pratello, Renato Carpentieri, Gigi Dall’Aglio and others.
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, he wrote, directed and performed several plays produced in collaboration with Teatro Stabile di Bologna/Ert Emilia Romagna Teatro. He has been part of the Chekhov Trilogy project since 2022, directed by Leonardo Lidi, Teatro Stabile dell’Umbria, which debuted at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, featuring three plays from as many texts by the Russian playwright (The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, and The Cherry Orchard) and a theater marathon consisting of all three plays, which will be staged (2024/25) in Spoleto, at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan and other cities. He teaches Acting, Orthohepy of the Italian language and Reading at the Bernstein School of Musical Theater in Bologna (BSMT).