Marco Calvani Is the Best

My friend Marco Calvani just won the SIAE (Italian Society of Authors and Editors) Award for Best Italian Playwright at a ceremony at Teatro Caio Melisso during the Spoleto Festival last Friday. It could not have happened to a nicer, more talented guy. Here he is pictured with actress, author and director Franca Valeri.

Another Reading Again

There was a nice piece on Playbill.com (link above) about the LaMama readings. My buddy Marco Calvani is on his way home on a plane tonight- he's the last one to go home. Sniff.

Another Reading

The benefits of my La Mama Umbria sojourn continue. This coming week, there will be two nights of readings from work by many of the La Mama Umbria '08 playwrights. The readings are at 7 at the Galleria (not on 4th Street); Six East First Street, between Second Avenue and the Bowery, on Wed., Feb. 18 and Thurs., Feb. 19. The readings are free. My play, “The Benders,” features wonderful actors Cotton Wright, Michael Mattie and Elizabeth Munn. The other playwrights are Raquel Almazan, Siobhan Antonioli, MT Cozzola, Marco Calvani (all the way from Rome), Barbara Jwanouskos, Carlos Matos, and Mark Clayton-Southers.
The readings will be juxtaposed with an installation about "CATS!"
The photos are of "CATS!" and the view of La Mama Umbria from the olive grove.