Raffaele Furno performs Christopher Durang's 'Laughing Wild' from home

In response to the COVID-19 lockdown, Artribune launched a series of video monologues performed by actors in isolation. The series features actors reciting from their homes—kitchens, living rooms, studies—mirroring the confinement of viewers. In one installment, actor Raffaele Furno performs a 2-minute 17-second excerpt from Christopher Durang's 1987 play 'Laughing Wild,' originally written for one actor and one actress with two 30-minute monologues. Furno's character delivers a monologue on positive thinking that spirals into negativity. Furno filmed himself on his kitchen table in Nicolosi, a small town at the foot of Mount Etna. The series also includes other performances: a recitation of Dante's Inferno Canto XXIII (Count Ugolino) lasting 3 minutes 18 seconds, and a 2-minute 58-second reading of Giovanni Pascoli's 'Una notte di giugno' from a bookshelf featuring Luigi Pirandello's works. The initiative underscores how artists continue creating despite confinement.