Pasolini the origin and the sacred
Theater workshop and more

Irpino Museum

The project
The idea of ​​creating a permanent area at the museum dedicated to Pierpaolo Pasolini was born from the collaboration of Irpinia directors and actors and the Irpino Museum, intended as a place for experimentation, theater research and more.
The space reserved for the poet wants to be “a meeting place for the younger generations”, which through a reinterpretation of Pasolini’s plays, is aimed at involving young people in a work of study and critical appropriation that leads to an original creation, through laboratory writing and interpretation.

Objectives
A reinterpretation of Pasolini’s classic works: Medea, Edipo, Pilade, Il Vantone which will be the object of reading, analysis and debate with particular interest for the Antigone which will be the subject of an original staging that will involve all the participants in the course with professional actors.
2022 is the year in which the centenary of the birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) occurs, an anniversary that obtained the Italian candidacy as part of the UNESCO Anniversaries 2022-2023 program. Intellectual and eclectic artist, one of the most debated and emblematic figures of his time, Pasolini has spread his activity between cinema, literature, public debate and political commitment and, thanks to his ability to read and anticipate the transformations of society, his work is very topical.
Pasolini’s theater and cinema are characterized by the relationship with Greek myths, Latin literature, the classics of the Italian and European tradition. Since the second half of the 1960s, Pasolini grasps the problem of the recipient: the “people” are replaced by the “mass”, and this also puts traditional theater in crisis. Pasolini theorizes a “theater of speech” that renounces the entire naturalistic apparatus (sets, costumes, music, stage action) to focus on logos. The reinterpretation of Pasolini’s theatrical works aims to involve young people in a work of study and critical appropriation that leads to an original creation, through theatrical writing and interpretation workshops.

The teachers
Luigi FRASCA, artistic director of the project and assistant director
Antonio JATA, director
Angela CATERINA, actress
Paolo CAPOZZO, actor
Maurizio PICARIELLO, actor

The laboratory
The laboratory will be open to a maximum of 25 people, who will be selected to participate in the activities free of charge following their application. It will last 80 hours starting from November 2022 until May 2023, the meetings will be held every Wednesday and Friday from 16.00 to 18.00, at the headquarters of the Irpino museum of the Bourbon Prison of Avellino.

The meetings
● For a new and original outfitting of the Antigone,
30 hours curated by Luigi FRASCA
● From silence to Pasolini’s words and Antigone’s analysis,
20 hours curated by Angela CATERINA
● Medea acting and analysis techniques,
15 hours by Paolo CAPOZZO
● Improvisations and role plays and Oedipus analysis,
15 hours by Maurizio PICARIELLO
● Show directed by Antonio JATA.

Audience
The workshop is aimed at all young people from Irpinia between 16 and 35 years of age.

How to apply
It will be possible to send your application to the e-mail address info@museoirpino.it, by filling out the form
for the application, downloadable below.
For information phone 331.5481067 phone 0825.790733.