Variations on the Myth: "Women of Troy" at the Pirandello Theater

The triptych "Variations on Myth" will debut on Monday, September 8th at 9:00 pm in the cloister of the Teatro Pirandello, as part of the "Symphony of a Capital – Cultural Gardens" series. The project, proposed by the Minerva Association and sponsored by the Teatro Pirandello, which has enthusiastically welcomed it, was conceived by Beniamino Biondi. Its goal is to offer audiences a refined and accessible form of theater that intertwines thought, emotion, and memory, and to bring classical myth back to the center of the contemporary stage through original reworkings and modern texts.

The "Variations on the Myth" project was born from the desire to revive Greek myth in its living, theatrical, and interrogative dimension, restoring it to the stage not as an artifact, but as a vibrant material, still capable of speaking to our time. This first edition features three performances that represent, in different forms and languages, a creative and critical reinterpretation of ancient myth, exploring the female voice, collective memory, and reflections on identity. The performance on Monday, September 8th features the play "Donne di Troia," a text by Sicilian actress and playwright Aurora Miriam Scala, starring the author herself and Carmela Buffa Calleo.

"Women of Troy" is a journey, a great, looping memory of the most famous war in history, told through the eyes of the women who experienced it firsthand. It's a nightmare that begins with Hecuba and moves on to Cassandra, Andromache, Polyxena, and Helen. Even death will speak among them, a living, concrete, sarcastic death against this "fun, victory-loving humanity." "Women of Troy" comes to us like an eternal cry, reaching our ears from the dawn of time, whispering that it's not over, that the war is right there, sleeping beside us, every day. Free admission while seats last. The next performance is September 17th.

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