Rita Atzeri, 1974, artistic director of Il Crogiuolo, a historic Cagliari company founded by Mario Faticoni, actress, author and director. Her training path, as well as the current lines of research of the company, are mainly focused on political and civil theater.
Among the works that have seen her most engaged as an author, we remember: “Gene mangia gene. Allegri attentati alla vita”, directed by Mario Faticoni, the first successful experiment in writing, a show still in the repertoire with over a hundred performances active, which addresses the issues related to biotechnology, consumer society, cloning; “Lavorare Stanca” directed by Francesco Origo, written after the tragic accident that caused the death of three workers in the Saras refinery of Sarroch in 2011; “In un cielo di stelle gialla bianche farfalle”, which addresses the theme of the Holocaust through the eyes of children.
As an actress she was directed by Mario Faticoni, Francesco Origo, Susanna Mameli, Marco Gagliardo, Andrea Dosio, Serena Sinigaglia, Marco Parodi, Maria Assunta Calvisi, Elio Arthemalle, Fausto Siddi, Simonetta Pusceddu, Simone Schinocca, Virginia Martini, Roberta Sandias, Michele Monetta, Giancarlo Biffi.
Among the characters she loved to play the most, Luky from “Waiting for Godot” directed by Dosio; Adele from “The House of Bernarda Alba” directed by M. A. Calvisi; Contastelle from “War and Surroundings” and Speranza from “S’ accabadora” by Susanna Mameli; Francesca Spada, journalist of the Unità of the 50s, female protagonist of “Dio, Stalin e me” adaptation of the novel by Ermanno Rea directed by V. Martini and, again, the role of the lesbian deported by Nazi-fascism in “Der Puff” by Francesca Falchi. She had the fortune of acting with Antonio Piovanelli, Maria Paiato, Caterina Vertova, Iaia Forte, Isabella Carloni.
As a director she was able to work with magnificent performers such as Gisella Vacca, Isella Orchis, Maria Grazia Bodio, Manuela Ragusa, Caterina Murino, Alessandra Leo, and with the actors Fausto Siddi and Elio Arthemalle.
She is the creator of Artefatta – museum animation through theater; of the Irgoli Children’s Theater Festival “L’isola che non c’è”; of the “NurArcheofestival”, a traveling festival designed to enhance archaeological areas, now in its twelfth edition, and of numerous reviews of authorial theater, social theater and chamber theater, and children’s theater for the Il Crogiuolo company.
She teaches theater workshops for comprehensive and high schools and theater propedeutics workshops for children and adolescents. She holds courses in diction and expressive reading.
At the Neanche Gli Dei festival, Rita Atzeri coordinated the evening of Thursday, November 18 entitled “Sotto la stessa luna”, in which she read some passages from the books of Antonella Gregorio, Claudia Caredda and Patrizia Viglino.
