Sardinian actor and director Ignazio Chessa, who loves to tackle strong social issues, returns to New York on April 17th and 18th with two shows.

At the Italian American Museum he will present “If Beauty Were Taught” , a show about the journalist Peppino Impastato, killed by the mafia for having denounced criminal crimes on Radio Aut, the counter-information station he founded in 1977, signing his own death warrant.

Inspired by the Commedia dell'Arte, the actor brings to life an unpredictable multitude of characters: a grieving mother, a mafia boss, Peppino himself; until he symbolically becomes the people who never give up. The show features visual inspiration from animator Rotimi Olowu (Adult Swim, Nickelodeon Jr., HBO, Hulu, and FOX) and illustrators M. Rizzo and L. Bonaccorso, authors of the graphic novel Peppino Impastato: a Jester Against the Mafia (BeccoGiallo). Chessa also relies on the support of artist Valentina Celada and the renowned Sassari set and costume designer Fabio Loi (with whom he has collaborated since his first visit to the States).

The next day Ignazio Chessa will be at the Italian Cultural Institute with “Rodari in New York” , based on Gianni Rodari's Tales on the Telephone , where Chessa imagines the famous writer receiving phone calls from characters in his tales such as the Little Man of Nothing, King Midas, Alice Cascherina .

This second tour comes without any particular support or production: it was made possible by the connections Chessa has built with constant commitment: in addition to the teacher Brian Lehman, the director and producer Anissa Felix (Broadway, Netflix) is involved, with whom the actor is planning the 2027 US tour.

After leaving the Big Apple, Chessa and Loi are expected at the Stone Independent School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to lead a theater and scenography workshop.

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