Fondazione Luzzati Teatro della Tosse

concept, direction, dramaturgy, dostumes Giuliano Scarpinato
with Giulia Di Sacco and Lorenzo Crovo
video performer Ilaria Genatiempo
Voice-over Narrator Giuliano Scarpinato
Voice-over Parents Elena Arvigo and Paolo Li Volsi
set design / video Andrea Pizzalis
lighting / sound Design Giacomo Agnifili
director assistant Francesca Sorice
costume assistant Orsola Bruzzone
production Fondazione Luzzati – Teatro della Tosse; CSS Teatro Stabile di Innovazione del Friuli Venezia Giulia; Viola Produzioni; Elsinor – Centro di Produzione Teatrale
production residency Pim Off Milano
finalist for the First Prize in Playwriting for Young Audiences – 58th Riccione Theatre Award

Recommended age range: 8+

“...The forest of no is sprouting again. I will fight it with every yes, every gift, every positive, generous act of self-surrender that I possess.
Patricia Highsmith, diaries

Mia is fifteen and lives in a forest unlike any other: the Forest of No, dense with trees whose gnarled, jagged canopies prevent her from seeing beyond its boundaries. Always alone with herself, the girl is sad and often weeps, inconsolable.
Until one day, the forest decides to create a companion for her: Bella, a kind of enchanting fairy, almost ethereal in both appearance and presence. Mia is overjoyed to finally have someone to talk to and confide in, but she soon realizes that Bella is not truly her friend. Whenever Mia asks to leave the forest, Bella always says no—that it cannot be done, that she is not ready.
An unexpected encounter between Mia and the Boy from the Sea—a brave stranger who has managed to enter the forest—will change the girl’s life forever, bringing with it that small “yes” that will lead her out, and back to the sight of the sky.