Marco Calvani

Marco Calvani (born December 11, 1980) is an Italian playwright, director, filmmaker, translator and actor. Biography Trained as an actor since he was a teenager, Calvani made his debut as a playwright in 2002 with "Quasi", commissioned by the European Social Forum. "Strong Hands" was his first play to be translated and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe. Commissions from the Todi Arte Festival, the Phoenix Theatre, London, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club of New York, Teatro di Roma, Théâtre de la Ville of Paris and the Festival Grec de Barcelona followed. His play "The City Beneath" had its New York City debut at the Sage Theater in 2009. In the same year he also wrote and directed "Penelope in Groznyj" performed first at Berlin's Kunsthaus Tacheles * and was the only European guest at Bali's international Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (Official Event Video *). In 2011 he won a residency at the Cité internationale des arts* of Paris and was invited by the Théâtre de la Ville * to represent Italy in an international writing project. In the same year he was awarded the Siae Prize * as best playwright at the Spoleto Festival.