Vanessa Scalera

A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.  (more)

The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini's secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigor but blind to the fascist dictator's many flaws.  (more)

Lea grew up in a crime family in Calabria. The father of her daughter Denise is also a member of the Mafia. Lea, however, wants a different life for her daughter, free of violence, fear and falsehood. She decides to cooperate with justice, to benefit of the witness ...  (more)

Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.  (more)

A businessman is leaving for his family vacation in the South Pacific when he finds out that a rival has emptied his bank account. To save face he and his family lock themselves in the house, pretending to have gone on their trip, but it is not so easy to hide from ...  (more)

A single mother faces a culture of sexual harassment at her new workplace.  (more)

Elena has just turned 18 and this is her first day working in a coffee bar in Bobbio, a town in the north of Italy. It's summer and the coffee bar is very busy. The first day at work is a chance for Elena to meet lots of different people. Each person has a ...  (more)

Salvo was five when his father Vincenzo was arrested, practically before his eyes. Seven years later Salvo lives with his uncles and his cousin a controlled and peaceful existence in the Turin area, but his father returns and claims his son for four days. Vincenzo ...  (more)

Gianni is a serial seducer but his life is destined to change when he meets Chiara, a beautiful woman who has had an accident and is paraplegic.  (more)

1960s, the city of Clerville. The forthcoming visit of heiress Eva Kant, who'll be bringing a famous pink diamond with her, catches the attention of Diabolik, the infallible and elusive thief whose real identity is unknown: while trying to steal the jewel, he finds ...  (more)

A girl goes back to her biological family-  (more)

Time jump to 1939 with teenager Max and his friends as they try to navigate Mussolini's Rome and find Max's missing brother.  (more)

A gangster offers Pazzo and Bella the possibility of getting a huge sum of money to kill a man. Pazzo is on a wheelchair, Bella is an alcoholic and gambling addicted. They have never done anything like this in their lives. But Bella is a dangerous woman and wants ...  (more)

Silvia is a 35-year-old taxi driver from Rome. She's an energetic, witty and indipendent woman but she still hasn't found her soulmate: any man she meets turns out to be a disappointment in the end.  (more)

A child is in the park playing with his plasticine figures, that he modeled himself. His favorite character is Isaac. Isaac is a little boy just like he is, who dreams, hopes and confides in the world. Isaac is happy because this is the day he will accompany his ...  (more)

The play wants to explore afterlife, death re-emerging into life even just for an hour in a whirlwind of powerful emotions ranging from disbelief to joy and anger, until total despair and the last goodbye.  (more)

Aristide and Mariella see each other again after 20 years in an apartment in Rome. They're not friends, rather two strangers that met once for a few hours and had a rushed sexual encounter. They start a game in which they relive and analyze their first encounter, ...  (more)

Three murderers. A journalist, a postal employee, a rich young lady. They're dead, but they prefer to call themselves "absent". One forgets they're still in a hotel. It's the nightmare of an infernal room that will imprison their existence forever, with their sins, ...  (more)

A man writes the memoir of his life with niece Sarah during the war.  (more)

The play rotates around three sisters, whose father was a general who died the previous year. They can't wait to move to Moscow, leaving behind the mediocre provincial life.  (more)