'Due Partite' Performance by ITAL 3113: Intro to Italian Literature Students

A performance of Cristina Comencini's Due Partite (2006) will be given by students enrolled in ITAL 3113 Introduction to Italian Literature at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, in CORD 127. The general introduction of the play will be given by Alessandro Palazzuoli-Bevilacqua, with music performed by Leah Foster and Matteo Campagnola.  

Due Partite is set in the 1960s, where a group of four married women gathers every Thursday to play cards and discuss their marriages, love lives and motherhood while their daughters play in the next room. Thirty years later, the four daughters meet at the funeral of one of the mothers. Like their mothers, they talk about their hopes, dreams and fears. The play was later adapted into a film, Due Partite (2009) by Enzo Monteleone. 

The complete program of the performance is included below:  

General Introduction by Alessandro Palazzuoli-Bevilacqua 
Music Performance by Leah Foster and Matteo Campagnola 
Act 1 
Introduction by Adriana Treadway 
Performance by Honey Okuneye, Alessandro Palazzuoli Bevilacqua, Massimo Palmer, Adriana Treadway
Act 2 
Introduction by Sterling West 
Performance by Brian Flanagan, Avalon Manica, Jordyn Moore, Sterling West 

The students of ITAL 3113 would like to thank all the professors of the Italian Program for their help (in alphabetical order): Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, Claudia Devich, Valeria Gibertoni, Valentina Morello and Jessica Pacitto. Additionally, students also thank the Italian Club and the WLDH Studio for sponsoring the refreshments.