Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio October 28, 2009

Freely inspired by Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” Italy’s maverick director Romeo Castellucci has created a “Purgatorio” where suffering and forgiveness are embodied in one family’s appalling ritual. Using a profoundly visual style, language falls away, actions and words disengage from each other, and reality warps. Castellucci’s work with Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio is among the most visionary—and controversial—experimental theater of our time. This disturbing piece lures audiences into a hauntingly beautiful nightmare and engages the senses in an experience unlikely to be forgotten.

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