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SUMMARY:The Italian "Jitney": From the Hill District to the International Stage
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 30\n\n4:30 - 6:00 p.m.\n\nArchives & 
 Special Collections Instruction Room\, 340 Hillman Library\n\nRSVP 
 below.\n\n\n\n\n \n\nPlease join us for a discussion with Italian director 
 Renzo Carbonera as we explore the research and work that went into 
 producing and directing the first-ever Italian translation and stage 
 performance of an August Wilson play\, Jitney\, which premiered in early 
 2023 in Vicenza. The discussion will be illustrated by excerpts from a 
 recorded production of the play.\n\n \n\nDespite his extraordinary 
 relevance within African American and American literature\, theatre\, and 
 culture\, August Wilson is still little known to the general public in 
 Italy. In 2021\, the Italian theatre company La Piccionaia Centro 
 Produzione\, in collaboration with August Wilson Legacy LLC\, the 
 University of Padua – DiSLL Department of Linguistic and Literary 
 Studies\, and the University of Pittsburgh – European Studies Center\, 
 created The Wilson Project with support of the US Consulate General in 
 Milan.\n\n \n\nThe project promotes broader knowledge and understanding of 
 the figure and work of August Wilson\, as well as of the social and 
 cultural context in which he lived and worked among\, to individuals\, 
 organizations\, and institutions in Italy. Focusing on Jitney (written in 
 1982) and relating it to contemporary challenges\, specifically the 
 increase in immigration and the subsequent spread of a wave of racism in 
 Italy during the time period of the play (1977)\, the piece was translated 
 by a team of English and Italian-language experts. Its production was 
 directed by Renzo Carbonera and performed by a cast composed entirely of 
 Italian actors of African origin: Alessandra Arcangeli\, Yonas Aregay\, 
 Maurizio Bousso\, Germano Gentile\, and Aron Tewelde. \n\n \n\nFor more 
 information on The Wilson Project\, visit 
 piccionaia.org/the-wilson-project-en/.\n\n \n\nBesides his work as a 
 theatre director\, Renzo Carbonera is also an artistic director and writer 
 for videogames\, audiovisual and multimedia projects for game developer 
 One-o-One in Rome and the Belvedere-Gschwent Foundation. He has directed 
 ten TV documentaries and three short or full-length feature films\, which 
 have been selected for multiple international festivals and won prestigious 
 awards. For more information on the Renzo\, visit 
 renzocarbonera.com/about.\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\nHosted by the University of 
 Pittsburgh Library System\, European Studies Center\, and the Department of 
 French & Italian in partnership with August Wilson House.\n\n \n\n\nHillman 
 Library is located at 3960 Forbes Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15260. Free 
 on-street parking is available after 6:00 p.m. on various streets 
 surrounding the library. Paid parking is also available at Soldiers & 
 Sailors Parking Garage (.2 miles from the library). Hillman is also 
 accessible by public transportation. See the Pittsburgh Regional Transit 
 website for planning your trip. \n\n\n\nThe entrance to the library is 
 located at the Forbes Avenue address\, accessed by a ramp leading from 
 street level to the First Floor plaza. Sidewalks around the library are 
 closed as part of library renovation\; follow signs to library 
 entrance.\n\n\n\nPlease email uls-events@pitt.edu with any questions or 
 accessibility accommodation requests.\n\n\nRSVP
LOCATION:Archives & Special Collections Instruction Room\, 340 Hillman Library\, 3rd Floor\, Pittsburgh
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