Teatro Due

What Teatro Due does

Teatro Due Roma (legal name: Associazione Culturale Teatro Due Roma) is a non-profit cultural association founded on 1984-10-03 and headquartered at Via del Pastore Faustolo, 3 in Rome, Italy. It operates as a high-level training and professional development institution for contemporary actors, with a 7-person core team led since founding by Marco Lucchesi (Legal Representative, President of the Board, and uncompensated Artistic Director). Its core product is an integrated pedagogical methodology that combines neuroscience, Laban/Bartenieff Movement System analysis, scenic device analysis, and Body Percussion, delivered through multi-month intensive programs (150-240 hours) such as the flagship multi-year 'La Parola Rovesciata' (2025-2027), 'Davanti alla Parola', 'Bando NUOVO IMAIE', 'Ti Leggo – Treccani', and centennial commemorative projects (Se Calvino avesse cent'anni, Dario Fo ha cent'anni). Additional offerings include the BES (Bisogni Educativi Speciali) theatrical workshop for students with special educational needs and the cultural-policy initiative 'Roma Città dei Teatri'.

The association serves young professional actors under 30 who have already graduated from Italian drama schools, plus secondary/university students through reading-promotion projects and BES students through specialized theatrical workshops. All training programs are delivered entirely free of charge, with scholarships (Bore di Studio) covering tuition, materials, and in some cases accommodation and travel. Selection occurs via open calls and auditions submitted by email. Delivery occurs directly at prestigious partner venues including Teatro Argentina, Teatro India, MAXXI, Civica Scuola Paolo Grassi, Fondazione Teatro della Toscana, and (from 2026) Teatro Antonio Ghirelli in Salerno, spanning Lazio, Toscana, Lombardia, Abruzzo, and Campania.

The revenue model is grant-funded: Teatro Due Roma does not earn tuition and operates on contributions from the Italian Ministry of Culture (MiC) via Art. 41 promotion grants (€42,570 in 2022, €42,570 in 2023, €43,200 in 2024, €43,200 in 2025) and special project awards (€76,000 in 2023 for Calvino; €29,453.48 in 2026 for Dario Fo), supplemented by SIAE (€25,000 in 2025), NUOVO IMAIE (full funding for the 2026 NUOVO IMAIE course), and Intesa Sanpaolo's charitable fund (for BES). Go-to-market relies on institutional partner channels, the association's website, newsletter recruitment, and free public restituzioni at major venues, which double as marketing showcases.

Name

Teatro Due

Legal name

Associazione Culturale Teatro Due Roma

Website

https://teatrodueroma.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Teatro Due Roma is a Rome-based non-profit cultural association, founded 1984, that delivers free, scholarship-funded advanced training programs for young professional actors under 30, integrating neuroscience with the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System, at prestigious Italian venues.

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Product category

Performing Arts Training

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (611610), Performing Arts Companies (7111), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Theatre Education, Training & Conservatories (MPAGABAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB), Arts Education & Community Arts Programs (BPAGAHAC), Performing Arts Programs (Band, Choir, Orchestra, Theater) (EDAJAJAE)

Keywords

• Professional actor training
• Theatrical pedagogy programs
• Movement analysis workshops
• Neuroscience theater education
• Performing arts scholarships

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Teatro Due Roma delivers advanced, multi-month professional formation programs (150-240 hours) for already-graduated actors under 30, integrating neuroscience, Laban/Bartenieff Movement System, scenic device analysis, and Body Percussion. All programs are free with scholarships (Borse di Studio) covering tuition, materials, and sometimes travel/accommodation, funded by Italian Ministry of Culture grants, SIAE, NUOVO IMAIE, and Treccani. The flagship multi-year program La Parola Rovesciata (2025-2027) anchors the offering alongside specialized projects for schools and students with special educational needs.

Product overview

Teatro Due Roma is a cultural association operating as a high-level theater training and promotion organization. The core offering consists of professional formation programs for contemporary actors, including the flagship multi-year program 'La Parola Rovesciata' and various specialized courses funded by institutional partners (MiC, SIAE, NUOVO IMAIE, Treccani). These programs integrate language analysis, movement analysis (Laban Bartenieff System), and neuroscience, delivered through modules and projects targeting young actors under 30. The organization also conducts theatrical productions, reading promotion projects, and special educational workshops.

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Products and services

• La Parola Rovesciata Multi-year professional training and advanced formation program for contemporary actors, totally free with scholarships, focusing on language analysis, movement analysis, and integrated functions from a neuroscience perspective. Targeted at young professional actors under 30.
• BES – Bisogni Educativi Speciali

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Teatro di Roma – Teatro NazionalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeatro Due Roma's principal institutional partner. The Teatro di Roma hosts laboratories, performances, and provides access to its Scuola di Teatro e Perfezionamento Professionale. Marco Lucchesi's projects are regularly produced and hosted by Teatro di Roma at venues including Teatro Argentina and Teatro India.
• Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana TRECCANIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration including the Ti Leggo project (reading aloud workshops in schools), with Marco Lucchesi serving as Treccani's responsible person for reading laboratories since 2017. Treccani provides institutional endorsement and access to its network of schools and cultural spaces.
• MAXXI – Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMAXXI provides venue access for laboratories and performances, hosting projects such as La Commedia dell'Inferno. Training activities are held in co-relation with MAXXI's exhibitions, making the museum's audience part of the theatrical experience. Also involved in Dario Fo ha cent'anni (2026).
• Conservatorio Santa CeciliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMusical and performative collaboration on projects such as Il Capitale di Karl Marx and DÈMONI E DEMÒNI, where the Conservatorio's ensemble performed compositions set to texts by Edoardo Sanguineti (including works by Luciano Berio, Andrea Liberovici, and Luca Lombardi).
• Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi (Milan)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining partner providing venue and student access for laboratories such as Storie Naturali (2022). Supports Teatro Due Roma's inter-institutional network across Italian regions (Lazio, Toscana, Lombardia, Abruzzo).
• Fondazione Teatro della ToscanacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitutional partner in the inter-regional network, contributing to projects such as Il Matriarcato and hosting laboratories and restituzioni at Teatro della Pergola and other Tuscan venues.
• Scuola d'Arte Cinematografica Gian Maria VolontéminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFilm school partner within the inter-institutional network, participating in projects including La Commedia dell'Inferno, with set design contributions from its students.
• Centro di Residenza Multidisciplinare della Regione Lazio – Teatro La Fenice di ArsoliminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResidency center and partner for introductory seminars related to training programs, including the 'Periferie Artistiche' project for the 2025 annual program.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Accademia Teatrale di Firenze / Accademia dei Perseveranti: Tuscan acting academy offering professional training. Comparable as a regional Italian drama school targeting post-secondary actors, overlapping Teatro Due Roma's training niche but focused on the Tuscany market.

Emerging players

• Scuola d'Arte Cinematografica Gian Maria Volonté: Rome-based film school that is a partner of Teatro Due Roma. Comparable as a screen-arts training institution collaborating on mixed-disciplinary projects like La Commedia dell'Inferno, sharing the Italian publicly funded school ecosystem.
• Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico (INDA): Foundation running the Greek Theater of Syracuse and classical drama training programs. Comparable as a publicly funded Italian institution producing high-level theater training and productions, intersecting with Teatro Due Roma's specialization mission.

Broad incumbents

• Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d'Europa: Italy's flagship permanent repertory theater with its own training programs. Comparable as a broader Italian theatrical institution that combines production, training, and national cultural-policy influence overlapping Teatro Due Roma's mission.
• Teatro di Roma – Teatro Nazionale: Rome's national theater and Teatro Due Roma's principal institutional partner. Comparable as a larger incumbent that runs its own Scuola di Teatro e Perfezionamento Professionale, sitting in the same ecosystem of advanced actor formation.
• Teatro Stabile di Torino: Turin's national theater with associated training activities. Comparable as a publicly funded Italian theater hub that combines repertory production with artist development, similar in mission profile to Teatro Due Roma's partner-led model.

Direct peers

• Centro Teatrale Santacristina / Scuola dei Filodrammatici (Milan): Historic Milanese private acting school offering multi-year professional training. Comparable as a smaller, specialized Italian acting conservatory competing for the same pool of post-diploma young actors that Teatro Due Roma targets.
• Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio d'Amico: Italy's premier public academy for dramatic arts in Rome, providing three-year professional training for actors. Directly comparable to Teatro Due Roma as a higher-tier actor-training institution in Rome with a similar pedagogical mission.
• Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi: Milan-based professional theater school offering multi-year acting courses. Already a partner institution of Teatro Due Roma, it serves a closely comparable advanced actor-training function in Italy's northern theater ecosystem.

Others

• Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia: Rome's premier music conservatory and a strategic partner of Teatro Due Roma. Comparable as a publicly funded Italian arts-training institution collaborating on interdisciplinary productions involving actors and musicians.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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