Claudia Donzelli graduated in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the State University in Milan (Università degli Studi) in 2002, with a thesis in History of the English Theatre on director Katie Mitchell.
She studied acting with Tatiana Olear from St. Petersburg’s Malij Drama Teatr, and in workshops by open competition at the Venice Biennale with Thomas Ostermeier and with Simon Stephens, at the Silvio D’Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art, at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, and by Mario Martone with whom she worked among others.
She published specialist articles on theatre and performance:
– National Theatre – “Il Gabbiano” di Katie Mitchell e Martin Crimp (N.T.-“The Seagull” by K.M. and M.C.), in “Ariel”, 2, Bulzoni ed., 2008, pp. 39-58, winner of the Prize for Poetry and Literature “Nuove Lettere” of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Naples;
– Katie Mitchell: un Teatro con delle Responsabilità (K.M.: a Theatre with Responsibilities), in “Tess”, 4, CUEM bookshops, Università degli Studi, Milan, 2004, pp. 141-170.
In 2014 she started to present studies on “the betrayed generation” and forced cohabitation, then broadening the question to coexistence issues, at: IX European Independent Film Festival (Paris, 2014), Festival Inventaria (Rome, 2014), IT Festival residency programme (Expo in Città, Milan, 2015), Arts’R’Public (Arts in Public Spaces – Creative Europe Programme, 2016), HORS Festival (MTM Teatro Litta, Milan, 2017), Festival InDivenire (Rome, 2017).
New projects and further information can be found in the “projects” and “performing” pages.
acting showreel: https://youtu.be/RNWcBlHBRZk
https://youtu.be/7Skbp6auHr8
contacts: info@claudiadonzelli.com
claudia.donzelli@yahoo.com
Italian agent: Bonelli Consulting
paolabonelli@bonelliconsulting.com
News: Jan. 2023 – assistant director to Laura Pasetti for the
theatre production “The strange case of Mr Stevenson”
prod. Charioteer Theatre – Teatro Munari, Milan
Dec. 2022 – reading of “Lettere dal Giappone” by R.
Kipling – on the occasion of the presentation of the new
edition by ObarraO Edizioni – introduced by Prof. P.
Caponi and C. Covito – at Tempo Ritrovato Libri, Milan
Oct. 2022 – the exhibition for the Milano Photofestival
starts at 15:00 on the 10th of October – it can be visited
until 13:00 on the 21st of October.
A presentation with professors and me will take place
on the 12th of October at 16:30.
For more details see the dedicated page in “projects”
Sept. 2022 – preparing the exhibition for the Milano
Photofestival – Press Conference of the Festival at
Palazzo Reale, Milan
May 2022 – Masterclass with Aglaia Pappas
Piccolo Teatro, Milan – Presente Indicativo Festival
Oltre la Scena
Apr. 2022 – taking part in the 72-hour reading marathon
“Rock down – Altri cento di questi giorni” by Michele
Monina – Sala Bausch, Teatro Elfo Puccini, Milan