Terry D’Alfonso
Writer
Terry was an American of French and Italian descent. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Theatre from Hunter College of the City University of New York and completed graduate courses in Film and Television at New York University. She was Assistant Director to Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Teatro d’Europa. She remained professionally linked to Strehler for many years and it is his “Teatro Umano” (Humane theater) that has most strongly influenced her work. In London she attended a seminar on Film and TV Drama at the BBC where she worked as Assistant Director to Steven Frears (Abel’s Will) and Kenneth Ives (The Secret Army) and directed A Dangerous Game based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s novella Die Panne. She received several major awards, including the Pirandello International Award for her innovative production of La Favola del Figlio Cambiato (The Changeling) with the internationally famous actress, Milena Vukotic. Terry subsequently adapted and directed Pirandello’s As You Desire Me and co-authored with Enzo Lauretta, Trovarsi…Oltre, based on the magical and surreal works of Luigi Pirandello. This production was presented by the Piccolo Teatro di Milano Teatro d’Europa in 1995 at the New York Festival, Genius and Creativity in Italy in the 18th Century.