The Franca Rame Project
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
April 25 – 9pm BUY TICKETS
April 26 – 7pm BUY TICKETS
April 27 – 9pm BUY TICKETS
May 2 – 7pm BUY TICKETS
May 3 – 7pm BUY TICKETS
May 4 – 7pm BUY TICKETS
Matinees
May 1 – 3pm BUY TICKETS
May 4 – 3pm BUY TICKETS
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$25.00 General Admission
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$40.00 – 2 shows on the same day
$50.00 – 3 shows on the same day (matinee + evening)
Please join the cast for a talk back about Dario Fo and the Italian Feminist Movement
Saturday, April 27, after the 9pm show.
Speakers: Ron Jenkins and Patricia Gaborik
Irondale Center
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn,NY 11217
What they Say
Press
- 02.22.19 – BK Reader – In Times of Lies and Polarized Politics, Irondale’s ‘Galileo’ Goes on a Quest for Truth
- 02.22.19 – The Theatre Times – Subtle and Striking, Irondale’s Timely “The Life of Galileo” is Epic Theater
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