Piccolo Teatro di Milano
Inner Voices
June 25 - 29, 2013
in CST's Courtyard Theater
by Eduardo De Filippo
directed by Toni Servillo
A World’s Stage Production from Italy
Highly recommended! An altogether glorious production… [with] a particularly Italian spin to matters of superstition, familial conspiracy, scandal and gossip.
Chicago Sun-Times
The Play
Chicago Shakespeare joins the Italian Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago to commemorate the Year of Italian Culture in America. First written and performed in Milano in 1948, Inner Voices tells the story of a man who dreams the murder of a friend so vividly that he believes the crime has actually been committed by his neighbors’ family. This gripping production features Toni Servillo, hailed by The New York Times as “the best Italian stage and screen actor of his generation,” leading a multi-generational cast of celebrated Neapolitan actors. It also marks the return of Italy’s renowned Piccolo Teatro di Milano, which last played Chicago in 2005 when CST presented Arlecchino, Servant of Two Masters.
The Players
Creative Team
Toni Servillo Director
Costanza Boccardi Assistant Director
Lino Fiorito Set Designer
Ortensia Francesco Costume Designer
Cesare Accetta Lighting Designer
Daghi Rondanini Sound Designer
Cast
Chiara Baffi Maria, cameriera
Betti Pedrazzi Rosa Cimmaruta
Marcello Romolo Michele, portiere
Peppe Servillo Carlo Saporito
Toni Servillo Alberto Saporito
Gigio Morra Pasquale Cimmaruta
Lucia Mandarini Matilde Cimmaruta
Vincenzo Nemolato Luigi Cimmaruta
Marianna Robustelli Elvira Cimmaruta
Antonello Cossia Un brigadiere
Daghi Rondanini Zi'Nicola
Rocco Giordano Capa d'Angelo
Maria Angela Robustelli Teresa Amitrano
Francesco Paglino Aniello Amitrano