Trinacria announces new partnership with Brandeis Italian Studies Department
COMING IN SUMMER 2022 (SUBJECT TO COVID-19 GUIDELINES)
Financial assistance available to selected candidates by the Italian Studies Department of Brandeis University.
Trinacria Theatre Company is offering a new opportunity to Brandeis University students through our exciting new Company Management Training Program in partnership between the Brandeis Interdepartmental Program in Italian Studies. The internship will equip two Brandeis students with the necessary skills for company management, a role they will then fill during the 2022 Trinacria Open Creative Residency and Trinacria Arts Festival.
The two students selected will develop their Italian language skills while learning about company management, community engagement, intercultural exchange, and so much more... all with a group of international artists in a small, rural Sicilian village.
Prior to the residency, students will complete a series of professional training sessions with Trinacria Artistic Director Mariagrazia La Fauci and Iyvon Edebiri, Brandeis Alumni ‘13. They will also undergo training in CPR, mental health first aid, and Anti-Racism focused on intervention and harm reduction. They will take responsibility for generating a set of new company emergency protocols.
Company managers will then travel to Sicily with Trinacria Theatre Company for approximately one month during the residency in 2022. Company Managers will arrive in Pezzolo before the start of the residency to familiarize themselves with the location, complete on-site training with Mariagrazia, and prepare for the arrival of the artists.
During the residency, the students will execute their duties as company managers, have opportunities to develop their language, leadership, and management skills, and interface directly and meaningfully with international professional artists and the local Sicilian community.
Throughout both training and the residency, Iyvon and Mariagrazia will act as professional mentors. At the conclusion of the residency, interns will receive the Trinacria Certificate of Company Management Training.
This opportunity is specifically offered for BIPOC students and others belonging to groups that have been historically underrepresented in both Italian studies and the performing arts industry.
Trinacria would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Prof. Paola Servino, Associate Professor of the Practice of Italian Studies at Brandeis University, for her dedication, support, and collaboration in making this partnership possible!
about Iyvon E.
In addition to our exciting partnership with Brandeis, Trinacria is proud to be partnering with Iyvon E. to bring this program to life. Iyvon (she/her) is a 2013 graduate of Brandeis, where she earned her degree in International & Global Studies and Italian Studies with minors in Anthropology and Theatre Arts. Shortly after receiving her BA, Iyvon was awarded a Fulbright Graduate Scholarship to conduct ethnographic research with Italian natives and African immigrants to Italy. She later went on to receive her MA in Arts Administration from Baruch College of the City of New York (CUNY). Iyvon is now an NYC-based theatre producer, dramaturge, company manager, and the Artistic Director and Host of The Parsnip Ship podcast play company. She was recently named the Director of Artistic Programming at New York’s Signature Theatre. Iyvon has previously collaborated with Trinacria as the dramaturg of The Hades & Persephone Project and hosted a virtual interview with the cast of Colapesce: An Audio Adventure.