OPEN CALL
An award for theatre projects aimed at young artists under 35.
Total award fund 20,000,00 Euros
Submit your applicationby June 2th.
Final stages in Bergamo - Italy
September 25-27, 2026
Premio Marcello Magni for theatre
The Premio Marcello Magni for Theatre, with a total prize fund of €20,000.00, is open to projects of theatrical performances created by emerging artists or groups, newly formed companies, or artists engaged in new paths of research.
The Prize aims to support the creation of an original and unpublished theatrical work, contributing to its final staging.
Participants applying for the Prize must not have reached the age of 35 by the application deadline.
Deadline: June 2, 2026
Applications for the Premio Marcello Magni are now officially closed.
A huge thank you to the 39 companies who chose to share their work with us!
We are delighted to have received proposals from across Italy and beyond, including submissions from French and UK-based companies. This is a strong reminder that artistic research, experimentation, and exchange continue to be vibrant and essential.
The selection process now begins. We will keep you updated on the next stages of the Prize.
121 api operaie - Alice Agnello
Abel - Alessandro Travelli
Agamemnon - Emanuele Giorgetti
Ammandinmcatammandeng - Francesco Valli
AnnA - Il mormorio delle cose - Francesca Tisano
B - Andrea Ferrara
Baby Fish Cry Boy - Michael Guest
(Il) Caso Garibaldi - Katia Nava
Cartografia della distanza - Benedetta Parisi
(The) Caucasian Chalk Circle - Vanya Chokrollahi
Composta e scomposta di pezzi - Miriam Giacchetta
(La) Costanza del buio - Sergio Biagi
(Il) Cugino - Tommaso Vavassori
Due Vite - Alfredo Maria Le Boffe
EMMA - Loris Mucciarelli
Eravamo tre sorelle (e non abbiamo mai litigato) - Giulia Petruzzi
FAME - Lidia Margiotta
Feed Fede Führer - Giacomo Fava
IF (sulle possibilità di un incontro) - Nicola Lorusso
In visibilio o il mondano mondato - Maria Teresa Vargas
Largo! Fai presto - Amy Locci
(The) Little Light - Sam Critchlow
Madame Dechét (La signora dei rifiuti) - Erica Nava
Mal di schiena - Chiara Terigi
Mineheart - Christian Sandri
(I) Mostri non esistono (titolo provvisorio) - Giovanni Onorato
Nel mio castello Barbablù è ovunque, di Megere - Eva Gennaro
Non oggi - Federica Quartana
Pigalle - Francesco Savino
Pinocchio dopo Pinocchio - Salvatore Alfano
Profondo Mondo - Dario Furini
(La) Strage - Emanuele Fantini
Supermarket, danza muta per due ossessioni - Giulio Macrì
Tartaruga - Davide De Togni
(La) Terra de Mès, o di come diventai Arlecchino - Michele Augusto Magni
Valentina De Florio - Valentina De Florio
Vestizione - Edoardo Cocco
(La) Vita Nova - Emilia Scatigno
Vota Fax! - Andrea Valietti
Contribute to the fund
Established at the wish of Marcello Magni’s wife, Kathryn Hunter, and his brothers Renato and Giuliano, the Fund represents the foundation stone of a new cultural project in Marcello’s memory, dedicated to theatre and young people.