Marco Calvani
Writer / Director
Chris Stack
A Better Half
(US 2022)
Melissa Leo
The View From Up Here
(US/France 2017)
TESTIMONIALS
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Marco creates theater that shows us ourselves the only way an artist can: with a fierce dedication to the truth and with courageous originality.
with his work, Marco has gone where so few people
are willing to travel.
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Marco’s work has provided a unique contribution to the modern interpretation of
what theatre means today.
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V (formerly EVE ENSLER)
WRITER/ACTIVIST
ESTELLE PARSONS
ACTOR/DIRECTOR
BRUCE WEBER
PHOTOGRAPHER/FILMMAKER
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Marco's work reaches across culture and society into humanity, and changes the way we look at ourselves.
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I admire Marco’s ability to craft smart, visceral characters. he always works with a sense of supreme confidence due to an innate trust of his instinctual talent.
NEIL LABUTE
PLAYWRIGHT/FILMMAKER
Un dramaturgo dotado de talento, rigor y espÃritu de riesgo, capaz de generar e impulsar proyectos teatrales propios de amplia resonancia social.
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ANDRÉA FERRÉOL
ACTOR
JOSÉ SANCHIS SINISTERRA
PLAYWRIGHT
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
Trained as an actor since he was a teenager back in Italy, Marco Calvani is an award-winning writer and director based in the US.
Over the course of his twenty-year career as a theatermaker, he received commissions from the Phoenix Theatre of London, Kunsthaus Tacheles of Berlin, Théâtre de la Ville of Paris, Grec Fundaciò of Barcelone and La MaMa Theatre of New York among others. His work has been produced extensively across the six continents.
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.
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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. His second short film A Better Half was named Best Short of 2022 by the British Film Magazine Close-Up.
His first feature film High Tide celebrated its world premiere at SXSW in march 2024 and it will be theatrically released in October by Strand. It stars Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei, Tony-winner Bill Irwin, Spirit Award-winner Mya Taylor, and Brazilian star Marco Pigossi. He also produced it alongside Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon at LD Entertainment.
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As an actor, he appeared in several Italian tv shows and films including Inspector Manara (Rai, 2011) and Good Morning Headache by Anna Negri (Sundance 2008). Notably, he played Cristoforo Castanea in Tom Fontana’s Borgia (Canal+, 2011-2013) produced by Barry Levinson.
He will be a series regular in the highly anticipated new series from Tina Fey The Four Seasons, playing opposite Oscar-nominees Steve Carrell and Colman Domingo. ​
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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