Maria Beatrice Alonzi is an Italian author and producer.
Maria Beatrice Alonzi | |
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| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Author Producer |
| Notable work | Il Libricino della Felicità (2019) |
| Website | www |
Stage and broadcast career
editAfter performing on various web and television programs such as Sex & Soccer, in 2015 she began creating one-woman live comedy shows on the Periscope app.[1] She has served as the executive producer of Teatro Stabile di Roma, where she has co-created stage pieces that combine elements of escape rooms and a stage play in 2018.[2] She has also performed in improvisational shows such as Teatro ef*ga,[3] as well as a solo stand-up show entitled Stand Up Baby in 2019.[4] Alonzi has developed live video interview programs with musicians and public figures, airing out of locations such as the Hard Rock Café in Rome.[5]
Activism
editIn 2017 Alonzi worked with the city police of Rome, Italy on an campaign against romantic partner violence, creating a video map of police stations and their distance from each of the city's subway stations.[6] She also developed digital dance pieces surrounding the hashtag #JustLeave, intended to support and highlight the plight of women in abusive relationships.[7] In addition, she has integrated her advocacy for ending mental health stigma into her artistic work and writing.[8] She has also provided TEDx talks in Cortina.[9]
Writing
editAlonzi authored the book Il Libricino della Felicità in 2019,[10] which became a best-seller in Italy after initial self-publication.[11] She later wrote Non voglio più piacere a tutti - Trova il coraggio di amare chi sei e vivere la vita che vuoi (I don't want to please everyone anymore – Find the courage to love who you are and live the life you want) in 2021 on the publisher Vallardi.[12] In 2023 she then published her first novel: Noi, parola di tre lettere (A word of three letters) on the publisher Salani,[13] which has been described as a work that traces a generation that "rejects labels".[14] Later that year her book Tu non sei i tuoi genitori: Libera il tuo cuore dalle scelte di chi ti ha rovinato la vita, anche se non voleva (You are not your parents: Free Your Heart from the Choices of Those Who Ruined Your Life, Even if They Didn’t Mean To) was published by Sperling & Kupfer.[15] She has also published articles in magazines including Grazia.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Improv Live Show di Maria Beatrice Alonzi, il primo successo comico di Periscope". GQ Italia. April 1, 2015.
- ^ web, redazione (November 20, 2018). ""Login, quattro Account in cerca d'Autore" in scena dal 22 al 25 novembre al Teatro Anfitrione".
- ^ "Teatro e f*ga al Teatro Keiros giovedì 7 febbraio 2019". www.laplatea.it.
- ^ Fiorentino, Bruno Cimino e Bruna (March 18, 2019). "Stand Up-Baby al Teatro Manhattan". Abitare A Roma.
- ^ "Maria Beatrice Live in diretta dall'Hard Rock Cafè. Ospiti d'eccezione: Marco Guazzone e gli Stag". RomaToday.
- ^ "Mappa della Metro dei Commissariati di Roma: un aiuto per le vittime di violenza domestica". RomaToday.
- ^ web, redazione (March 8, 2019). "La digital artist Maria Beatrice Alonzi in un video sulle piaghe più dolorose del rapporto di coppia".
- ^ "Maria Beatrice Alonzi:"Noi, parola di tre lettere"". London One Radio. May 17, 2022.
- ^ "Sold out l'evento di TedX Cortina: dieci talk, performance artistiche e teatrali e attività in quota per rendere l'esperienza unica". il Dolomiti. August 18, 2021.
- ^ "Maria Beatrice Alonzi: "Al servizio degli altri per aiutarli a stare meglio"". Vanity Fair Italia. June 15, 2022.
- ^ "Maria Beatrice Alonzi, Noi, parola di tre lettere - Libri". Agenzia ANSA. May 17, 2022.
- ^ Alonzi, Maria Beatrice (January 27, 2021). ""Prendi la vita come un film, non come una foto immutabile" - La riflessione di Maria Beatrice Alonzi". ilLibraio.it.
- ^ Libraio, Redazione Il (September 23, 2022). "Le polemiche sulla Sirenetta, la fiaba d'amore di Andersen e "il razzismo interiorizzato"". ilLibraio.it.
- ^ Ramella, Marzia (May 17, 2022). "Noi, Parola di Tre Lettere, il libro sulla generazione che rifiuta le etichette". Orgoglionerd.
- ^ "Tu non sei i tuoi genitori, una guida per la felicità" (in Italian). Ansa.
- ^ "Maria Beatrice Alonzi: «E ora provo a essere me stessa»". August 18, 2022.