The musical “The Reawakening of the Gods” is at the core and engine of an international collaboration between Montclair State University (Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, Musical Theatre Program, the Cali School of Music) and Savatteri Produzioni, a musical theater company based in Italy.
The musical “The Reawakening of the Gods,” written and directed by Maestro Marco Savatteri, is a unique show that celebrates the timelessness of Greek mythology and its tensions (peace/war, love/hatred, generosity/selfishness, tragedy/comedy, gravitas/lightness). Through a lyrical and incisive script that combines acting and singing with refinement, and through magical make up, costumes and head pieces, this musical is at once a pleasantly accessible introduction to Greek gods and goddesses and a reflection on their powerful topicality in our world. Designed to be presented with an immersive format (ancient theaters, archeological sites, etc.), “The Reawakening” has proven to be incredibly adaptable thanks to Savatteri’s creativity: its tapestry of seamlessly woven vignettes has convincingly morphed into a stunningly beautiful tableau vivant on a small stage in NYC in 2024. It now comes to Montclair State as a Reading, which will be based on an ABRIDGED VERSION of the script, accompanied by a small musical ensemble of MSU students and faculty, and for the first time presented in English as part of an effective interdisciplinary collaboration on our campus.
A multi-semester initiative, t
This Reading is the current culmination of a multi-part project which started with Marco Savatteri’s on-campus visit in March 2025: a workshop and auditions held back then resulted in the selection of three MSU students as part of a paid internship entailing the performance in the musical in Sicily (Valley of the Temples of Agrigento) for the Summer 2025 season. In October 2025, Savatteri visited Montclair State again to illustrate the Summer 2025 experience and plan the next phase of Spring 2026 leading up to the Reading in English, thanks to the translation of 2025 intern Brianna Coppolino with the supervision of Prof. Marisa Trubiano, as part of an Italian Translation class.
The next phase for Spring 2026 includes the audition and rehearsals for the March 27 Public Reading of the musical to be presented in English translation for the first time.
And the project is already advancing towards the next phase: the Summer 2026 paid internship. For information about the requirements and auditions, click here.
Sponsored by the Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies with partial support from the Cali School of Music and the Musical Theatre Program at Montclair State University, as well as Savatteri Produzioni for the Agrigento-based portions of the project.