Butler International Theatre Exchange 2005
Internationally recognized actor/director Alessandro Fabrizi
will be directing the fourth Butler International Theatre Exchange
(BITE) to be held May 16 - 28, 2005.
This years exchange focuses on the techniques employed by Mr.
Fabrizi to stage scenes from Torquato Tasso's Aminta, a
quintessential Italian pastoral play.
Scenes from the play will be performed in Holcomb Gardens on the
campus of Butler University May 27 and 28. The performances are
free and open to the public.
Mr. Fabrizi is a renowned actor and theatre director. Among his
many achievements are the direction of works of Giovanni Verga and
Luigi Pirandello; his collaboration with the rock singer Nada;
text, lyrics and direction of Daniel Defoe's The Adventures of Moll
Flanders for Festival Benevento Citta Spettacolo (Benevento) and
Teatro Flaianco (Rome); Peter Pan (text, lyrics and direction) for
Festival I Solisti del Teatro - Giardini dell'Accademia Filarmonica
di Roma; director of Virginia Woolf's The Waves (in 9 parts) for
Teatro Due, Roma; actor and assistant director Satyricon, Teatro
Vascello, Rome. Mr. Fabrizi has also acted in Lorca's Blood Wedding
and directed Cyril Tourneur's The Revenger's Tragedy.
When he isn't acting, directing, working in film or translating,
Mr. Fabrizi teaches. In addition to working at prestigeous
academies in Italy, he is a guest teacher at The School of
Performing Arts, Columbia University and the Actor's Center in New
York.