«TOGETHER»
by Fabbio Marra

TOGETHER

BY FABBIO MARRA

The plot:
Isabella lives with her only son, Michele. The two of them share a simple and peaceful life full of small everyday difficulties, but lots of love also: they share household chores, solve crosswords, drink coffee, and play cards with the neighbor. Michele is a young man different from the others: sweet, funny, impulsive, and tender. Michele is a person with intellectual disabilities and lives in the protected routine that Isabella has established for him. Their life flows peacefully until the unexpected return of the family's daughter, Sandra, after 10 years, which will cause turbulence in their peaceful daily life. Her intervention will disturb the family structure, deconstructing it to be rebuilt in the end with more honesty, love, and genuine acceptance. The unspoken will be spoken, secrets will be revealed, and everyone will be confronted with the central question: What does it really mean to be "normal"?
Fabio Marra creates a bittersweet family story using simple, everyday elements filled with humor and tenderness, to address a complex and previously taboo topic: the management and social inclusion of individuals with intellectual disabilities.
A powerful, human story that, with emotional intensity and immediacy, invites us to reflect and answer:

• Are there lives that are not worth living, and who can decide that?
• What does it mean to love? And what is the value of self-sacrifice in a society with fenced-in "selves"?
• In modern ethics, where the "self" is deified, how can there be true inclusion in societies?
• When did we stop doing things "together"? And ultimately, how can we become "the best version of ourselves" without the precious exchange that life "together" with others offers us?

About the Play
Marra's work, contemporary, fresh, tender, human, and true, unfolds around a topic that is as unfamiliar as it is universal: normality. It brings into focus an individual with intellectual disabilities. It explores his unspoken desires, the complexity of his emotions, the difficulty of communicating with his environment, and the inevitable conflicts that arise for everyone connected to him.
It is being presented for the first time in Greece by the artistic organization Altera Pars, directed by Petros Nakos, translated by Maria Chatzimmanouil, and Mina Cheimona in the central role of the "Mother".
 
Production Details
Playwright: Fabio Marra
Translation: Maria Chatzimmanouil
Direction - Lighting: Petros Nakos
Set Design - Costumes: Altera Pars
Music Supervision: Angeliki Kontou - Petros Nakos
Sound Editing: Nikos Kritselis - Dionysis Maniotis
Set Construction: Stefanos Lolos
Public Relations: LeCanardquiParle / lecanardpr@gmail.com
Cast: Mina Cheimona, Ilias Tsoumpelis, Aggeliki Kontou, Chara Nikolaou
Production: Altera Pars 2024-25