May 19 – Imagine a night in which to reveal all that has never been said. Imagine three sisters keeping vigil, as per the old Sicilian tradition, to the dead husband of the youngest. The veil of silence, decency, and lies is torn by a whirlwind of confessions and emotions, in a chatter of musicality and biting irony that drags the three women into a surreal atmosphere. These are the grotesque and hilarious lives of the sisters, who laugh and smile, and respond with sarcasm to the violence they never dared to confess. After the long night, the soul of the deceased, according to tradition, finally leaves the house, and the new silence that surrounds the three sisters is interwoven with their strength to react and fight so that women don’t have to hide and conceal their wounds. This is “Taddrarite” (bats), a one-act play written and directed by Luana Rondinelli starring Claudia Gusman, Anna Clara Giampino, and Luana herself: the Sicilian cultural association Accura Teatro brings the show at the Institute of Italian culture of New York (on stage tomorrow at 6pm), as part of “In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY,” an event under the artistic direction of Laura Caparrotti. “Taddrarite” won the “Rome Fringe Festival 2014”, with the prize for best drama awarded to Luana Rondinelli and the one for best actress to Claudia Gusman.
