A Tuscan Village Bares Its Soul on Stage, Again and Again
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A Tuscan Village Bares Its Soul on Stage, Again and Again
She has been acting for three years and going to theater classes during the winter "many more years." "I like the theater
because so many people come to Monticchiello for this," she said.
21, 2017
MONTICCHIELLO, Italy — This walled village of just 200 residents perched in the hills south
of Siena has always been a little isolated and, perhaps, a little conflicted about it.
SLOVENIA ITALY Tuscany region Siena Province Monticchiello Rome Elba Naples Tyrrhenian Sea Sardinia Mediterranean Sea Sicily SEPT. 21, 2017
While Monticchiello may seem a paradise, some residents feel as cut off as their predecessors
did in the 1960s, when farmers left their fields to go work in the cities.
Roberto Giani said that Let’s take a look at our possible future, imagine what we don’t yet have, or is there but it’s crumbling,
In real life, Mr. Giani left Monticchiello after working low-paying jobs for years and moved north to Bologna to study liberal arts.
In this year’s performance, Valeria Cardini, a red-haired 11-year-old, played a schoolgirl —
but one attending the same class as her older and younger brothers because the village didn’t have enough children to organize more than one class.
"But once the theater is over, it’s just empty." In the off-season, residents have one A.T.M., a post office open three days a week,
and a public space, once the farm’s granary, where older residents can leave their medical prescriptions and collect their drugs later, or buy daily papers.
She has been acting for three years and going to theater classes during the winter "many more years." "I like the theater
because so many people come to Monticchiello for this," she said.
21, 2017
MONTICCHIELLO, Italy — This walled village of just 200 residents perched in the hills south
of Siena has always been a little isolated and, perhaps, a little conflicted about it.
SLOVENIA ITALY Tuscany region Siena Province Monticchiello Rome Elba Naples Tyrrhenian Sea Sardinia Mediterranean Sea Sicily SEPT. 21, 2017
While Monticchiello may seem a paradise, some residents feel as cut off as their predecessors
did in the 1960s, when farmers left their fields to go work in the cities.
Roberto Giani said that Let’s take a look at our possible future, imagine what we don’t yet have, or is there but it’s crumbling,
In real life, Mr. Giani left Monticchiello after working low-paying jobs for years and moved north to Bologna to study liberal arts.
In this year’s performance, Valeria Cardini, a red-haired 11-year-old, played a schoolgirl —
but one attending the same class as her older and younger brothers because the village didn’t have enough children to organize more than one class.
"But once the theater is over, it’s just empty." In the off-season, residents have one A.T.M., a post office open three days a week,
and a public space, once the farm’s granary, where older residents can leave their medical prescriptions and collect their drugs later, or buy daily papers.