“Don Chisciotte senza mancia”

Theatre – Preview. In Italian.

By Domenico Ferrari and Rita Pelusio Starring Laura Curino and Anna Marcato Directed by Marco Rampoldi Assistant director: Rita Pelusio Set and lighting design: Lucio Diana Produced by Anna Marcato for PEM Habitat Teatrali with the support of RARA Produzione

“Don Chisciotte senza mancia” is a comedy exploring the clash between ideals and reality, between consistency and compromise, between those who have believed in words and those who must weigh them up every day against the realities of life. A former literature teacher writes to her former pupils. For years, she has urged them to believe in justice, freedom and education as a means of transformation. She asked them to take words seriously, just as Don Quixote did with his books: to the very end. Now, withdrawn into a room full of books, memories and medicines, she wonders whether that consistency has not become a burden...