Il berretto a sonagli

On stage, one of Pirandello’s sharpest and most ruthless plays unfolds—a comedy in which the grotesque and the tragic coexist to the point of becoming indistinguishable.

In his first theatrical encounter with the great Sicilian author, Silvio Orlando lends voice and depth to a character who is “vividly alive” and “brimming with tragic humanity,” as Pirandello himself described him. Humiliated and dragged through the mud by the world’s judgment, Ciampa counters the obtuseness of others with a fierce and disarming irony, before sinking into the painful realization that truth, on its own, is not enough to change the rules of social life.

A classic that, under Andrea Baracco’s direction, reveals its full theatrical power, its most visceral soul, and a surprising relevance: a Pirandello who is alive, corrosive, and restless, suspended between black comedy and psychological thriller, capable of cornering the audience in the face of the hypocrisy, conformism, and violence hidden behind the veneer of “conventions.”

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SILVIO ORLANDO

Acclaimed Italian actor Silvio Orlando is a master of tragicomedy, celebrated for his understated irony and deeply human performances across film and stage. A Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup winner and multiple David di Donatello recipient, he has collaborated with auteur directors from Nanni Moretti to Paolo Sorrentino. Internationally, Orlando is best known for his standout role as Cardinal Voiello in HBO’s The Young Pope and The New Pope.

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Credits

by Luigi Pirandello
directed by Andrea Baracco
starring Silvio Orlando
and featuring (in alphabetical order) Francesca Botti, Michele Eburnea, Francesca Farcomeni, Davide Lorino, Annabella Marotta, Stefania Medri, Marta Nuti

set design by Roberto Crea
costume design by Marta Crisolini Malatesta
lighting design by Simone De Angelis
sound design by Giacomo Vezzani
produced by Cardellino srl / Teatro Stabile dell’Umbria / Teatro Stabile di Bolzano