I do not want my house to be built with walls all around and my windows locked. I want all cultures to germinate in my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be deposed by anyone Mahatma Gandhiji

Baal Theater is a transcultural theater-workshop. Established in 2005 as a research group, and composed by three actors, a director and a designer, it was firstly centered on West African ethnic dances and folk dances of South Italy. During this period of research the show CafË Safiya was born, its dramaturgy was made by the director and the texts were taken from "The Waste Land" and "Four Quartets" by T.S. Eliot and Bernard-Marie KoltËs’ plays. At the end of the show, the company dissolves abruptly, remaining the director and an actress. In 2006 Baal Theater was established as S.A.S. In 2008 the remaining members gathered a new group with a team of five actors to work on a project on the "Commedia dell’Arte", SkenË, funded by the European Community (Youth in Action program, Action 1.2).

The project involves the advice of Italian masters such as Claudia Contin, Ferruccio Merisi and Francesca Della Monica. From SkenË was born "The Misfortunes of Flavio", a plot with an open dramaturgy integrated in every tour with local stories. The idea of research leaded by Baal Theater is to create a half-breed theater, without matrices or root, but in which viewers from all around the world can find and identify themselves.

BAAL THEATER SAS the company belongs to Dania Caroli (limited partner and manager) and Luca Gatta (general partner). It is involved in Actorial training both on stage and using intensive seminars with internationally renowned masters of the theater; liaise with theatrical institutions, cultural associations and theater companies in Italy and abroad.

It is also concerned with production of shows and organization of events. The priority of Baal Theater is to intervene in the territory, putting great theater personality in comparison with local realities, as happened during the art, music and drama festival "The meal of the Salamander" (Grottolella (AV), in September 2008 and 2009) which artistic direction and organizing secretary was planned by Baal Theatre.

Baal Theater is beneficiary of the fees provided by Legislative Decree 185 of 21 April 2000 in order to encourage self employment in the form of micro-enterprises (Contract Prot 2,017,804), purchasing equipment and starting-up the activity. Baal Theater has also received, along with the Youth Forum of Grottolella (AV) a contribution from the European Community for the project "Skene" (Agreement No. IT-12-110-2007-R5 Funded by the National Agency for Youth, a "Youth in Action" program).