Teatro Verde
September 17 through 24, 2022
With over forty years of history, experience and tradition, Teatro Verde is an irreplaceable reference for children, schools and families in Rome. The Company’s engaging and colorful performances feature actors, puppets, juggling, and music. Teatro Verde’s puppet making workshops, readings and outdoor performances turn the theatrical experience into an encounter, made of creativity and communication.
Saturday, September 17
11:00am CT / Pocket Circus
12pm CT / Workshop: Stories in a Box
Madison Children’s Museum
100 N Hamilton St, Madison, WI
“Pocket Circus”: An artist and the objects that come out of a suitcase bring the audience into a creative game of poetry, music and juggling. Come play with thoughts, ideas and dreams.
Workshop “Stories in a Box”: Learn with Teatro Verde how to create your own puppet with everyday materials or from your own shoe box. Create a little theater, a world of stories and wonders! Workshops are open to children of all ages.
Sunday, September 18
2:30pm CT / Opera Buffa
3:30pm CT / Workshop: Stories in a Box
Athenaeum Center, Chicago IL
Free event with reservation
“Opera Buffa”: Italian Opera, puppet theater and mimes in a dynamic and everchanging set. Two porters taking a break from work listen to music and play with their carton boxes, and the surprises they contain. Opera Buffa is a carousel of characters, puppets, stories and arias, with a growing and exciting rhythm.
Workshop “Stories in a Box”: Learn with Teatro Verde how to create your own puppet with everyday materials or from your own shoe box. Create a little theater, a world of stories and wonders! Workshops are open to children of all ages.
Saturday, September 24
2:30pm CT / Bravo Bravissimo
3:30pm CT / Workshop: Stories in a Box
Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
Free event with reservation
“Bravo Bravissimo”: A strange host tries to force puppets into performing extremely complex musical pieces. The show is a travel in time bringing together Italian history, culture and music. An adventurous performance featuring puppets from the incredibly vast collection of Teatro Verde, in a flow of poetic, funny and touching scenes.
Workshop “Stories in a Box”: Learn with Teatro Verde how to create your own puppet with everyday materials or from your own shoe box. Create a little theater, a world of stories and wonders! Workshops are open to children of all ages.
Teatro Verde is a theater entirely dedicated to kids and youth since 1986, which became an irreplaceable reference for children, teens, schools and families in Rome. The proposed performances always involve the participation of the public and use a mix of techniques—actors, puppets, juggling, shadows, projections. They often deal with social issues and prioritize music, colors and emotions. Teatro Verde also offers theater laboratories—for adults, children, and people with disabilities—parties, performed readings, outdoor performances; they produce books and videos, host exhibitions, organize festivals and other activities dedicated to kids. Theater is encounter. Theater is relationships. Theater is dialogue. Theater is a language, and as such is best to learn it from a young age.