
Marco Calvani
Writer / Director
Chris Stack
A Better Half
(US 2022)

Melissa Leo
The View From Up Here
(US/France 2017)
FILMS
TESTIMONIALS
“
I admire Marco’s ability to craft smart, visceral characters: he is a tireless technician but always works with a sense of supreme confidence due to an innate trust of his instinctual talent.
NEIL LABUTE
PLAYWRIGHT
With his work, Marco reaches across culture and society into humanity, and changes the way we look at ourselves.
“
ANDRÉA FERRÉOL
ACTOR
“
Marco’s work has provided a unique contribution to the modern interpretation of what theatre means today.
BRUCE WEBER
PHOTOGRAPHER/FILMMAKER
Un dramaturgo dotado de talento, rigor y espíritu de riesgo, capaz de generar e impulsar proyectos teatrales propios de amplia resonancia social.
“
JOSÉ SANCHIS SINISTERRA
PLAYWRIGHT
Marco creates theater that shows us ourselves the only way an artist can: with a fierce dedication to the truth and with courageous originality.
“
ESTELLE PARSONS
ACTOR/DIRECTOR
A courageous and
powerful playwright.
He explores with vivid starkness some of the most violent
and painful conflicts
of our contemporary society.
“
FRANCESCA DE SAPIO
ACTOR/WRITER/COACH
PRESS
La Vanguardia (2010)
The Jakarta Post (2009)
El pais (2007)
The New York times (2012)
Time Out New York (2012)
Il Secolo XIX (2006)
L'Uomo Vogue Italy (2015)
El Punt (2007)
D di Repubblica (2006)
Garuda magazine Indonesia (2009)
El pais (2012)
Corriere della Sera (2010)
Time Out Barcelona (2007)
New York Post (2012)
La Repubblica (2012)
Il Tirreno (2013)
La Nazione (2015)
La Marseillaise (2010)
La Repubblica (2006)
Panorama (2006)
Il Corriere (2012)
La Repubblica (2012)
La Voce di New York (2016)
Il Corriere (2005)
La Repubblica (2013)
Il Tempo (2003)
The New York times (2017)
BIO

photo by Michael McFadden
Marco is an Italian born award-winning playwright, director and filmmaker,
proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America and the
Playwrights/Directors Unit at The Actors Studio.
Trained as an actor, since he was a teenager, Marco made his debut as a playwright in 2002 with Quasi, commissioned by the European Social Forum. Strong Hands was his first play to be performed to great acclaim
throughout Europe.
Commissions from Todi Art Festival, Phoenix Theatre of London, Teatro di Roma, Théâtre de la Ville of Paris, La MaMa Theatre of New York and Grec Fundaciò of Barcelone followed.
In 2012 Marco created with Neil LaBute the international project
AdA – Author directing Author which had 4 installments in 3 different countries over the course of six years (Spoleto Festival, Fringe Festival
Madrid, La MaMa Theatre, Biennale Venice, Grec Festival Barcelone.)
In 2013 the Teatro Metastasio Stabile della Toscana organized a
retrospective of his work for which he wrote and directed I am Dracula.
In 2019 he served as dramaturg for the broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo directed by Obie winner Trip cullman and starring Oscar winner Marisa Tomei.
He is the winner of the 2011 S.I.A.E. Prize for Best Playwright, of the 2013 Outstanding Playwright for his play Oil (Planet Connections Theatre
Festivity Awards) and of the 2015 Calcante Prize for The Second Time.
He’s also the recipient of the 2011 Cité Internationale des Arts Grant (Paris)
and of the 2015 Writer Fellowship at the Edward F. Albee Foundation.
He’s a permanent artist-in-residence at La MaMa Theatre.
His cinema debut The View from Up Here - based on his eponymous play commissioned by The Actors Studio and directed by Estelle Parsons -
stars Oscar winner Melissa Leo and César winner Leïla Bekhti.
Marco currently lives in Los Angeles and is in post-production with his feature film debut Best Place.
His work has been produced extensively across the six continents.
GALLERY

directed by Marco Calvani Teatro Fabbricone, Prato (Italy) photo by Emiliano Pona

Monica Scattini, Michael Schermi and Mauro Marino directed by Marco Calvani Teatro Out Off, Milan photo by Emiliano Pona


directed by Marco Calvani Teatro Fabbricone, Prato (Italy) photo by Emiliano Pona

Photo by Henny Garfunkel.

directing Neil LaBute's "I don't know what I can save you from" at Sala Beckett July, 2016 photo by Nani Pujol


Photo by Henny Garfunkel.

Savannah Film Festival 2017

Estelle Parsons and Marco Calvani

Shira-Lee Shalit and Marco Calvani New York Theatre Workshop

Savannah Film Festival 2017

photo by Bruce Weber

photo by Anna Leitenstorfer

photo by Massimiliano De Persio

photo by Bruce Weber
MEDIA
Penelope in Groznyj
interview Napoli Teatro festival 2010
Fringe Festival madrid 2012
LaBute & Calvani press conference
La MaMa Theatre NYC
AdA project - 2nd edition
Fringe Festival Madrid 2012
interview Calvani
Spoleto Festival 2012
AdA project - 1st edition
Fringe Festival Madrid 2012
interview Nestor Saied (NAILS)
Biennale Venice 2014
interview LaBute/Fillion/Calvani
NAILS
teaser of the Italian production
Penelope in Groznyj
trailer of the German production
OIL
trailer of the Italian production
Penelope in Groznyj
TG News Lombardia, Rai3 (Italy, 2011)
OIL
teaser of the Italian production
Marco Calvani, guest of the tv show 'Chi e' di scena' (Italy, 2013)
I am Dracula
Teaser of the Italian Production (2013)
Stockholm by Bryony Lavery
translated and directed by Calvani
Trailer (2013)
Strong Hands
trailer of the Catalan production (2007)
Strong Hands
trailer of the Italian Production (2006)
Penelope in Groznyj (full show)
Teatro Vascello Rome (2012)
OIL
Original Score composed by Diego Buongiorno
Marco Calvani guest of the conference on contemporary dramaturgy 'La Mia Poetica', Teatro india, Rome 2011
La MaMa Theatre NYC
AdA project -3rd edition

Penelope in Groznyj
Original Score composed by Diego Buongiorno
My Heart is a Forest
RomaEuropa Festival 2013
interview Calvani
AdA Power 2017 promo
La MaMa Theatre NYC

I am Dracula
Original Score composed by Diego Buongiorno
feat. Dorian Wood
Grec Festival Barcelona 2016
AdA Project - 3rd Edition
Marco Calvani & monica Scattini
guests of the tv show 'Cominciamo bene'
Rai3 Italy

Oil
Original Score composed by Diego Buongiorno
CONTACT
For any professional inquiries, please contact:
Jamie Kaye-Phillips, UTA
Gregory Weill, Adequat
Adam Kersh, Fusion Entmt. Management
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