The 2022 Annibale Ruccello Awards Ceremony will take place on Monday, December 12th at 5:30 pm in the Banca Stabiese Conference Room. This ceremony will conclude the 8th edition of the Stabia Teatro Festival, which this year too has seen nine significant literary and theatrical events take place from October 28th to December 6th.
Two winners were in the theatre field, both very close to the playwright from Castellammare di Stabia after whom the Prize is named.
The winner of the Playwriting Award is Lello Guida, co-author of Ruccelli's works L'osteria del melograno, L'asino d'oro, and L'Ereditiera, founder with Ruccello of the Il Carro theatre cooperative, and author of interesting unpublished plays including Binario Morto, which will soon be performed at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples , directed by Franco Alfano and Elena Scardino.
The award was assigned by a jury composed of scholars and professors from the Federico II University and the Master in Dramaturgy and Cinematography of the Federico II university Matteo Palumbo, Pasquale Sabbatino, Giuseppina Scognamiglio, Francesco de Cristofaro and Carlo de Nonno, musician and close collaborator of Ruccello as well as custodian of his artistic heritage.
Tonino Taiuti is instead the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award conferred by the Critics' Commission composed of Giulio Baffi, Fabrizio Coscia, Stefano De Stefano, Bianca De Fazio and Armida Parisi. An eclectic actor and artist, Taiuti has crossed the Italian theatre scene admirably combining tradition and experimentation, ranging from theatre to cinema and simultaneously cultivating his passion for the visual arts and music.
As regards the Annibale Ruccello Prize for Poetry, the Commission, composed of Sergio Iagulli, Giancarlo Cavallo, Raffaella Marzano of the Casa della Poesia di Baronissi and Luca Nasuto and Carmen Matarazzo, creators and organizers of the Stabia Teatro Festival, the recognition was awarded in memory of Marcella Continanza, journalist, author of poetic and prose texts and of precious essays.
Continanza, born in Lucania, adopted by Stabia and finally resident in Germany, was the creator and organizer of the European Poetry Festival in Frankfurt am Main, where the most illustrious names from various European nations passed through. She shared with Annibale Ruccello the attention for social issues and for the marginalized.
