Hide and Seek | Italy
Written by Tobia Rossi
Translated by Carlotta Brentan
Directed by
In partnership with In Scenea!
Synopsis
This moving play looks at the dangerous power of social media and how vulnerable young minds can be to loud, discriminatory voices around them. Set in a small town in Italy, Gio runs away and hides in a cave, desperate to escape his reality, where he doesn’t feel accepted by family, teachers or peers. When his popular classmate Mirko accidentally finds him, Gio enlists him as an accomplice and the rival teenagers embark on a journey of discovery with dark consequences.
Playwright - Tobia Rossi
Translator - Carlotta Brentan
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Playwright - Tobia Rossi is an Italian playwright, drama teacher and screenwriter. He cooperates with the main Italian and milanese theatres and his recent works include: The Prince of Beautiful Dreams (2020), Teatro Due di Parma / Teatro Vascello di Roma; Grace (2021) for An ABC Primer for a New World, Piccolo Teatro, Milan, and The Lords of the Universe (2021), Centro Teatrale Bresciano / Teatro Nazionale di Genova. Tobia wrote the libretto for the opera Troposfera (2016), Venice Biennale Musica, and the musical The Prince of Air (2019), showcased at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London. Awards include: the honorable mention at the Hystrio Scritture per la Scena_35 Award with The Ugly Thing (2016) and the Mario Fratti Award with Hide and Seek (2018), premiering in New York at the Tank Theater in 2022 and in London at VAULT Festival, in 2023. The play then opened at the Park Theatre, London, in 2024. His play Little Beast (2023) won the International Carlo Annoni Prize for LGBTQIA theatre. He wrote the book for the one-woman-musical Miss I-Doll, which premiered at The Other Palace, London, 2024. His first screenplay, Candy Crush, is in development with Indiana Production. In 2024 he wrote his first novel, What we are in the dark, published by Mondadori. Tobia is also a story editor for tv and cinema and a teacher in Milan at Franco Parenti Theatre, Luchino Visconti National Film School and IED - European Institute of Design. IG: tobia_tito_rossi Tobia is part of OMISSIS, a project aimed at building a community of contemporary Italian playwrights and promoting their work. https://webzine.theatronduepuntozero.it/tobia-rossi/
Translator - Carlotta Brentan is a bilingual theater artist specializing in new play development as an actor, producer, director and translator. Stage highlights: World Premieres of Frank J. Avella’s Lured (also co-directed, Theater for The New City and OnStage! Festival in Rome), Paolo Bignami’s The Journey I Never Made (also translated from the original Italian, Cherry Lane Theatre), Erik Ehn’s Clover (La MaMa E.T.C.) A proud member of Kairos Italy Theater, Carlotta is also a film actor, prolific voiceover artist & award-winning audiobook narrator. carlottabrentan.com
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