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Mario Fratti

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Mario Fratti
Born(1927-07-29)29 July 1927
L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
Died15 April 2023(2023-04-15) (aged 95)
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationPlaywright
Years active1959–2023

Mario Fratti (29 July 1927 – 15 April 2023) was an Italian playwright and drama critic. In his lifetime, he produced over 70 works, which were translated into over 20 languages and shown worldwide.[1] He was best known for writing the first script for the musical Nine.

Life and career

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Born in L'Aquila, Fratti graduated in foreign languages and literatures at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice.[2][3] In 1962, Fratti presented his one-act play Suicidio at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, and Lee Strasberg, a guest of the festival, was impressed by it and invited him to stage it at the Actors Studio.[2][3] Fratti eventually decided to stay in New York, where he found work as a professor of Italian literature at Columbia University.[2][3] In his later life, he was named as professor emeritus of Italian Literature at Hunter College.[4]

Fratti was an avowed communist.[5] He died in his home in Manhattan on 15 April 2023, at the age of 95.[6]

Mario Fratti Award

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Since 2014, the theater company KIT - Kairos Italy Theater together with the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo' of NYU and In Scena Theatre Festival have created the Mario Fratti Award in his honour.[7] The prize is awarded to an unpublished theatrical text by an Italian author. Among the winners are Carlotta Corradi, Pier Lorenzo Pisano, Emanuele Aldrovandi, Paolo Bignami[8], the couple Chiara Boscaro and Marco Di Stefano[9][10], Tobia Rossi[11], Giorgia Brusco, Luca Garello and Andrea Cioffi[12]. After Mario Fratti's death, the award was renamed In Scena! Playwright Award[13]

Plays

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  • Il campanello (1958)
  • Suicidio (1962)
  • La menzogna (1963)
  • Il rifiuto (1965)
  • La gabbia (1962)
  • L'Accademia (1964)
  • La vedova bianca (1972)
  • I Seduttori (1964)
  • I frigoriferi (1964)
  • Eleonora Duse (1972)
  • La vittima (1972)
  • Che Guevara (1970)
  • L'ospite romano (1971)
  • Mafia (1974)
  • La famiglia (1972)
  • Chile 1973 (1974)
  • Six Passionate Women (1978)
  • Nine (1981)
  • AIDS (1988)
  • Porno (199)
  • Amanti (1991)
  • Avventure erotiche a Venezia (Tangentopoli) (1996)
  • Candida e i suoi amici (2001)
  • Cecità (2004)
  • I nove martiri (2009)
  • LGBT (2011)
  • Obama 44 (2011)
  • Beata, la figlia del Papa
  • Attori
  • Terrorista
  • Sete
  • Anniversario
  • Missionari
  • Garibaldi
  • American Dream
  • Suicide club
  • Dead Men's Bluff
  • Brooklyn
  • Hugo, ispirata a Hugo Chávez
  • Paganini (Musical)
  • Puccini (Musical)
  • Dialogo con Marilyn
  • Teatro dell'Imprevedibile
  • Unpredictable Plays

References

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  1. ^ "Mario Fratti". Concord Theatricals.
  2. ^ a b c "Morto Mario Fratti, autore del musical 'Nine' e leggenda italiana a Broadway". La Repubblica (in Italian). 15 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Addio a Mario Fratti il drammaturgo italiano che conquistò Broadway con "Nine"". La Stampa (in Italian). 15 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Mario Fratti, playwright, critic, past ATCA member, dies at 95". American Theatre Critics Association. 17 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Mario Fratti, un comunista a Broadway". La Voce di New York. 26 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Mario Fratti, Famous Italian Playwright, Dies at 95". La Voce di New York. 15 April 2023.
  7. ^ Peterson, Tyler. "Carlotta Corradi Wins In Scena!'s First Mario Fratti Award for Emerging Italian Authors". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Teatro a due voci: Mario Fratti incontra Paolo Bignami". La Voce di New York. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  9. ^ Musbach, Julie. "Winners Announced for 2018 Mario Fratti Award for Excellence in Italian Playwriting". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Chiara Boscari and Marco Di Stefano from Milan to New York with The City Rises". La Voce di New York. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  11. ^ Internazionale, Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione. "Premio Mario Fratti – Serata di Chiusura di InScena!". iicnewyork.esteri.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  12. ^ "MARIO FRATTI AWARD | In Scena NY". Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  13. ^ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY Launches Mentorship Program For Emerging Directors". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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