Unusual Drama School in Rome Is Set to Expand [NYTimes.com]

Samantha Sangenito 9/5/1412:00 PM

Changing people’s perceptions of mental illness has been a longtime mission for Dario D’Ambrosi, an Italian avant-garde actor and author. For the past five years, he has led Teatro Patologico, or the Pathological Theater, an innovative drama school here that offers classes to people with mental disabilities. Now Mr. D’Ambrosi is trying to turn his school into a full-fledged university.

Next month, he plans to open a program that will offer a three-year diploma in the performing arts to those with diagnoses of disorders including schizophrenia, manic-depression and autism as well as Down syndrome.

[For more of this story, written by Gaia Piangiani, go to http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09...7627&tntemail0=y]

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