Vincenzo Manna(II)

Vincenzo Manna was born in Rome. After a degree in Italian Literature at Università degli Studi di Firenze, he trained at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica "Silvio d'Amico", Italy's most prestigious drama academy. Vincenzo Manna completed his training as a director in 2009 with a production of his own play, "Fari nella nebbia" [Lights in the mist]. He was subsequently awarded the Premio SIAE for Best New Italian Playwright at the 53° Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. Since then Vincenzo Manna has gone on to win numerous awards as both playwright and theatre director. His plays include:"Fari nella nebbia" [Lights in the mist] (nominated for the 50° Premio Riccione, honorable mention from the jury); "Hansel e Gretel" (winner of the Premio Scenario Infanzia 2010); "Giulio Cesare", a radical adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, that was Italy's selection for the "Globe to Globe Festival", part of the London 2012 Olympic Games Cultural Olympiad; "La classe" a very successful play about immigration and social conflicts on tour since 2017, in cinemas in 2022 as "La prima regola", a film by M. D'Epiro with Darko Perich, Fabrizio Ferracane, Marius Bizau, screenplay by Vincenzo Manna e M. D'Epiro. Vincenzo Manna's plays are published by "Editoria&Spettacolo" and "Titivillus". As director, recent works include: "Inverno" [Winter] by Jon Fosse produced by Florian Metateatro; "Odissea" [Odissey] by Derek Walcott produced by Khora Teatro; "Six Passionate Women" by Mario Fratti, produced by the Croatian National Theatre "Ivan Zajic".