The Franca Rame Project

Written by Italian playwrights, actors and activists Franca Rame and Dario Fo at the height of the second feminist wave in the 1970s, The Franca Rame Project is a satirical depiction of past and present conditions of women in context of institutionalized patriarchy. From farce to tragedy, the texts frontally address pressing women issues, such as sexual politics, financial and psychological dependence, motherhood, prostitution, abortion, abuse, and rape, bringing political resistance and the fight for women’s rights onto the stage. Originally written in Italian, Rame and Fo’s texts find new life as performed by five female and non-binary identifying people in English,
with selected passages in French, Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese.

With M. Bazeed, Cynthia LaCruz, Laura Lassy Townsend *, Niki Morrissette and
Yu Ling Wu.

Visit their website at thefrancarameproject.squarespace.com

Pieces by Franca Rame & Dario Fo (Monologues: “The Same Old Story”, “A Woman Alone”, “The Rape” and “The Whore in the Madhouse”)
Translated by Gillian Hanna

Directed and Designed by Zishan Ugurlu
Conceived by Zishan Ugurlu & Laura Lassy Townsend
Dramaturgy and script supervision by Sophia Heinecke

75 minutes

“ In a socio-political context where women’s rights are at once openly threatened and fiercely fought for, Rame’s monologues are a powerful testimony to the struggle of second-wave feminism, as well as a legacy we ought to own and expand in our times.”  
– L’Atelier Theatre Productions

Performance Schedule:

April 24 – 9pm   BUY TICKETS
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April 26 – 7pm   BUY TICKETS
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