The setting is the suburbs of Rome, the time is the present. In the background are a love story, a friendship, and the controversial theme of death due to unsafe working conditions on construction sites. The lives of the three characters are told through the vivid slang of the slums. Performed in English. Luca De Bei was born in Padua. His father hails from the Veneto region and his mother is Italian-American. Luca grew up in Naples and Genova, where he studied at the Teatro Stabile. He works as an actor, director and playwright. He has won many prizes among them: the prestigious Flaiano Award in 2001 and the European Award for Drama at Heidelberg Festival in 2002.

On the occasion of the Year of Italian Culture in the United States, Kairos Italy Theater, the renowned Italian theater company in New York City, is organizing IN SCENA! Italian Theater Festival. the first Italian Theater Festival to take place in all five boroughs of the city: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island. IN SCENA!JUNE 10 TO 20 All the events are free. Telephone Number: 1-(866)-263-2924 Website: www.inscenany.com Calendar: http://www.inscenany.com/festival-2/calendar

Stage Reading by Luca de Bei

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Date: Monday, June 17, 2013

Hours: 6:00pm

Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York

Organized by: ICI

In collaboration with: Kairos Italy Theater

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