“Reading in Translation” with Juliet Guzzetta
Come listen to an immersive reading of the award-winning Italian author and actor Giuliana Musso’s Dentro (Inside): A True Story, If You Think So, in which she confronts the social effects of taboo in contexts of domestic and sexual abuse. Excerpts of the play will be read by American translator and Associate Professor Juliet Guzzetta, co-starring Associate Professor Helen Veit.
This event is a kick-off for a series of activities that will take place between March 17-21 related to the U.S. debut of the show, Dentro. (Inside): A True Story, If You Think So at the Wharton Center. Tickets for this show are available here: https://www.whartoncenter.com/… Participants at this event at the East Lansing Public Library are eligible for free and subsidized tickets for the full performance of Dentro (Inside) on Thursday, March 20.
There will be time for Q&A and discussion.
Content Warning: Discussion of sexual abuse of a minor. There will be volunteer counselors on-site. The counselors are affiliated with the Center for Survivors.
On-site childcare is available for this event. You must RSVP to reserve your seat and secure childcare (if needed): go.cal.msu.edu/dentroRSVP.
Sponsored by the College of Arts & Letters
In partnership with the MSU Department of English and Creative Writing Program, Department of Romance and Classical Studies, and Department of Theatre in the College of Arts & Letters.
Also in partnership with the MSU C.S. Mott Department of Public Health and College of Human Medicine, Department of Psychology and College of Social Science, College of Communication Arts and Sciences, and College of Law.
Additional partners include Michigan Humanities, Regione Emilia-Romagna, and ATER Fondazione.