LISA FERLAZZO NATOLI
Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli is an actress, playwright, and director. She grew up among theatre communities, trees, and dogs at Teatro Spaziozero in Rome. She studied philosophy and trained in Italy, France, and England. She is a founding member of the ensemble lacasadargilla, together with Alessandro Ferroni, Alice Palazzi, and Maddalena Parise. With the group, she creates performances, installations, radio projects, immersive experiences, and festivals, alternating original works, literary adaptations, and contemporary dramaturgies. Her artistic research explores the relationship between memory, linguistic, psychological, and familial inheritances, as well as forms of biological and social extinction that traverse ecosystems, imaginaries, and human relationships. An associate artist at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano and a resident artist at London’s Coronet Theatre, she has received numerous Ubu Awards with lacasadargilla, including those for Best Production and Best Direction.

FRANCESCO FIORENTINO
Francesco Fiorentino is a scholar of German studies and Professor of German Literature at Roma Tre University. His research focuses primarily on twentieth-century German-language literature and theatre, as well as on issues related to cultural studies, particularly the geography of literature and the relationship between writing and the environment. He has translated works by, among others, Heiner Müller and Peter Handke. He collaborates with Radio Tre and writes for Alias, the cultural supplement of the daily newspaper Il manifesto. He is the editor of the journal Studi Germanici.