Scenario e ruoli sociali delle Associazioni teatrali non professionistiche italiane

Abstract

This paper investigates the present scenario of the non-professional theater associations in Italy so as to understand their current form of organization. The study focuses on the changes that have characterized in time the non-professional associations (due also to the improvement of the legislation regulating the no profit sector) and the social role in contemporary local communities. The survey was conducted within the two most relevant Italian associations of non-professional theater: the Italian Federation of non-professional Theatre (Federazione Italiana Teatro Amatori) and the Italian Union of Free Theatre (Unione Italiana Libero Teatro).