Abbecedario per il mondo nuovo – Fumatore
Fumatore by Valeria Patota, with Leda Kreider
Podcast online on Spreaker from Sunday 25 April 2021
I think the first reason why I chose the word Fumatore (Smoker) is because I smoke. The second reason is, most likely, because I smoke, and I like it. We could even say that I smoke, I like it and I’m proud of it.
Yes, I’m a Smoker and I’m proud. And I know I’m not alone.
The last time I saw my grandmother she was lying in bed, attached to an oxygen tank. Struggling to breathe and with a tired voice, she held my hand and spoke to me. She told me she had three regrets in life, but only one that she was truly unable to get over, one that had accompanied her for more than twenty years: the fact that she had stopped smoking.
My Smoker is like my grandmother, he has the same tenacity, the same love of life, which is short and should be enjoyed.
Valeria Patota
Synopsis
The Smoker is a champion, an everyday hero who has to face a journey, overcoming the countless obstacles presented by a society in which he is unwelcome. His frustration is an anthem for pleasure, a cry for personal freedom. Because at the end, all we want in life is to be understood. Or at least left alone.
Biografia
Valeria Patota was born in Rome in 1992. Following an initial period as an actress, she shifted to playwriting and in 2016 she graduated as a Theatrical Writer from the Paolo Grassi Civic School of Theatre in Milan. She continued her training in Madrid, where she studied the Máster/Experto en Creación Teatral at the Universidad Carlos III under the guidance of the playwright Juan Mayorga. In 2019 she was a finalist at the “Pier Vittorio Tondelli” Award in Riccione with the piece Minotauropatia, which had previously been a finalist a tht eGiovanni Testori Award in Milan in 2018. In October 2019, the radio adaptation of her microdrama Waiting for Future was broadcast on RAI Radio 3 on the occasion of the 19th International Week of the Italian Language, dedicated to Italy on Stage. In 2020 she was responsible for the Italian translation of the stage play for the Spanish film Echoes by Tommy Llorens, winner of a number of international awards.
Abbecedario per il mondo nuovo
a Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa production
in collaborazione with the Hystrio – Playwriting Award and the Riccione “Pier Vittorio Tondelli” Award
directed by Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli and Alessandro Ferroni