The performance was staged through live streaming and broadcasted from April 18 to 24. Produced and sponsored by the "Roundabout Theatre" in New York, "Green Tea" is an inner journey to discover those perverse mental mechanisms, which often subjugate many women, trapping them in a figurative cage of violence only psychological and never physical. The protagonist, Giada Maniace, is a young Sicilian woman who immigrated to the United States at the behest of a "master husband" whom she is obligated to marry by her family. Giada is bewildered, alone and becomes subordinate to this unscrupulous man, unable to rebel, despite being endowed with a unique soul and intelligence. What makes a brilliant woman incapable of rebellion? What mental mechanisms are triggered in her? And what goes on in the mind of the subjugator?

This is the challenge undertaken by Matteo Servente, in the dramaturgical construction of one of the most complex and detailed works about a theme that is still so controversial.

"Matteo accompanied me on a journey to discover those complex and unique inner selves, often caught up in mechanisms much larger than themselves; I must admit that it was a tiring, visceral, but wonderful and a deeply honest journey. It was a challenging artistic path, which allowed me to measure myself against intricate and painful female realities and worlds. And communicating that psychological struggle and raw ache through an online medium certainly did not facilitate the process ", this is how the young Sicilian performer commented on the work that saw her engaged alongside one of the most appreciated Made in Italy directors in the American theatre scene.

Matteo, in fact, has directed shorts and plays of great success. To name a few: “The Little Soap”, “La Sirena” and the TV series “Spent Saints & Other Stories”. Servente directed the award-winning short films “il La” and “Part of Your Heart”, and co-directed the feature film “The Romance of Loneliness”. With his latest film, “No Sleeps”, he became a member of the Biennale Cinema College and IFP. In 2017, he became the first director to win two Best of Awards with two different films (“We Go On” and “An Accidental Drowning”) at the Indie Memphis Film Festival.

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