U . S . P R E M I E R E
EMMA DANTE (ITALY)
COMPAGNIA SUD COSTA OCCIDENTALE
Once upon a time in Sicily, there were seven sisters who lived
in Palermo. An untimely death plunges the sisters into their own
divine tragedy, this one created by Emma Dante, a ferocious Sicilian
theater artist and award-winning writer, actor, producer and
director of plays, operas and films. In her raucous, poetic fable,
these vibrant, funny sisters are as likely to throw shoes or crucifixes
at one another as they are to share secrets. They command
the stage, quarrelling and reminiscing, in this empathetic and
uncompromising look at the chains of family and tradition.
"EMMA DANTE USES A SCALPEL LIGHTLY COATED
WITH BLACK HUMOR."—VARIETY
( T H E S I S T E R S
E M M A D A N T E
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