Teatro Segreto's productions – Don Chisciotte, Shakespea Re di Napoli and Examleto – toured the main Italian theatres.

Teatro Segreto produced Don Chisciotte, written by Ruggero Cappuccio and directed by Nadia Baldi, with Roberto Herlitzka and Lello Arena, which made its national debut at the Asti Teatro Festival.

Teatro Segreto produced Le Ultime Sette Parole di Caravaggio, written and directed by Ruggero Cappuccio, with Claudio Di Palma, Lello Arena and a supporting cast of seven actresses, which made its national debut at the Napoli Teatro Festival Italia. For the cinema, Teatro Segreto produced the film Rien Va, with Roberto Herlitzka, Chiara Muti and Lello Arena.

Teatro Segreto collaborated with the Italian Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Policy and Salerno City Council on the FormArt Lavoro training project for the entertainment-industry professions. In addition, the company staged three new plays: Shakespea Re di Napoli (‘Shakespeare, King of Naples’), with Lello Arena and Claudio Di Palma; Desideri Mortali (‘Mortal Desires’) with Chiara Muti, which had its national premiere at Palermo’s Teatro Massimo; and La morte della bellezza (‘The Death of Beauty’), a vocal concert for Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, directed by Nadia Baldi.

Teatro Segreto won the Opera Imaie Prize for the ‘film for the theatre’ Shakespea Re di Napoli, written and directed by Ruggero Cappuccio and starring Claudio Di Palma and Ciro Damiano. In May 2007, the company’s film Il sorriso dell’ultima notte (‘That Last Night’s Smile’), produced by Halcyon Productions s.r.l., was screened at a number of Italian cinemas.

The company orchestrated the 27^th Benevento Città Spettacolo Festival. It premiered the film of Shakespea Re di Napoli, along with the English version of the same film (entitled Shakespeare, King of Naples), written and directed by Ruggero Cappuccio; also as part of the festival, it staged a new production of Edipo a Colona (‘Oedipus at Colonus’), written and directed by Ruggero Cappuccio and featuring Roberto Herlitzka. Moreover, Teatro Segreto established a small publishing house called Scritture Segrete (‘Secret Writings’), which went on to publish Paolo Borsellino Essendo Stato (‘Paolo Borsellino, Having Been’), before also setting itself up as a film producer under the name Visioni Segrete (‘Secret Visions’) for the creation of a short film entitled Le insondabili memorie (‘The Unfathomable Memories’), with Roberto Herlitzka, written and directed by Nadia Baldi. Teatro Segreto also partnered up with the Italian Ministry of Labour and Benevento City Council to work on the Techné II training project.

Teatro Segreto orchestrated the 26^th Benevento Città Spettacolo Festival and collaborated with the Italian Ministry of Labour and Benevento City Council on the first year of the Techné training project.

The company staged the 25^th Benevento Città Spettacolo Festival, performing the premiere of a new production, Paolo Borsellino Essendo Stato, written and directed by Ruggero Cappuccio.

The company staged the 24^th Benevento Città Spettacolo Festival. In August, it premiered two new productions: De Sade Madame and Exotello, with Roberto Herlitzka.

Teatro Segreto organised the 6^th ProvocAzione Teatro event at the Teatro Comunale and the Teatro De Simone in Benevento. A new production was staged: Reverie du Macbeth, written and directed by Nadia Baldi. As a co-production with RAI (Radio Television Italiana, the Italian State Broadcaster) for the Palcoscenico Rai 2 slot, the Lighea television project was created. Ruggero Cappuccio was responsible for writing the screenplay and directing.

E.T.I. (Ente Teatrale Italiano – the national theatre body) and the Italian Ministry of Culture entrusted Teatro Segreto with the dramaturgy and direction for Ruggero Cappuccio’s version of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso. The project was entirely conducted within the confines of RADIO TRE SUITE. In June 2001, as part of the 5^th ProvocAzione Teatro Festival in Benevento, Teatro Segreto staged Lighea, a re-enactment of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s work, written and directed by Ruggero Cappuccio and featuring Roberto Herlitzka and Claudio di Palma.

Teatro Segreto staged the national premiere of Delirio Marginale, written and directed by Ruggero Cappuccio, at the 4^th ProvocAzione Festival in Benevento. The company collaborated on the production of Tic, written, directed and performed by Paola Greco, with Anna Contieri, and Manola, re-worked and directed by Nadia Baldi, with Silvia Santagata and Paola Toscano. The company also produced Tempo scaduto, which was written, directed and performed by Gea Martire. Since its fourth edition, in 2000, the ProvocAzione Teatro project has been supported by ETI

As part of the so-called Festival del '900 in Palermo, directed by Roberto Andò, Teatro Segreto produced I silenzi della memoria, written, directed and interpreted by Ruggero Cappuccio. From 1998 to 2000, the company organised the Molliche section of the Benevento Città Spettacolo Festival, directed by Maurizio Costanzo, with artistic direction by Ruggero Cappuccio. In 1999, Teatro Segreto acted as co-producer with Enzo Porcelli’s Alia Film of the short film entitled Niente di Straordinario, written and directed by Ruggero Cappuccio. In the same year, the company created a number of productions: Examleto, re-worked, directed and performed by Roberto Herlitzka; La casa di Bernarda e Alba, written, directed and performed by Gea Martire, and Faust-o-Coppi, written, directed and interpreted by Claudio di Palma, with Ciro Damiano.

The Luca Ronconi-directed Teatro Stabile in Rome entrusted Ruggero Cappuccio with the re-writing and direction of Seneca’s Tieste and of Plautus’ Bacchides, which made its national debut at the Teatro dell' Angelo in Rome. Roberto Andò’s Gibellina Festival saw the national preview of Il Sorriso di San Giovanni, written and directed by Ruggero Cappuccio, with the first actual performance being given at the Benevento Città Spettacolo Festival.

Ruggero Cappuccio was awarded the Candoni Prize, in the Franco Quadri-directed ‘Commissions’ section, for Il sorriso di San Giovanni, which made its national debut in the form of a reading at Arta Terme. Promoted by the Benevento Città Spettacolo Festival, the event/show entitled Raccontinfiniti had its national premiere in Benevento and at Rome’s Teatro Valle for the opening of the Vie dei Festival. This same year also saw the launch of the ProvocAzione Teatro project, with artistic direction by Ruggero Cappuccio, staged in collaboration with Benevento City Council at the Teatro Comunale – this workshop on writing for the stage involved more than two hundred young Italian actors and lasted for two months. The project included productions, workshops and meetings with the leading names in Italian stagecraft.

Saw the debut – at Rome’s Teatro Valle – of Desideri Mortali, a performance with live piano music played by Paolo Vivaldi, with percussion by Carlo Martinelli. The show was a great success and was soon scheduled to be staged in numerous Italian theatres. Teatro Segreto returned to Benevento Città Spettacolo with Nel tempo di un tango, written and directed by Ruggero Cappuccio. One month later came the premiere (at Salerno’s Teatro Verdi) of King Lear, a theatrical event directed by Ruggero Cappuccio, Alfonso Santagata and Leo De Berardinis, in which Teatro Segreto participated actively. Teatro Segreto was also officially recognised as a theatre company by the Italian Ministry of Culture.

Ruggero Cappuccio wrote and staged Mai più amore per sempre. The work was given its national preview at the Polverigi Festival and its national premiere at Benevento Città Spettacolo. In the same season, Ruggero Cappuccio was awarded the Coppola Prati Prize for his contribution to Italian theatre.

Ruggero Cappuccio’s Delirio Marginale was such a success with public and critics alike that the dramatist was awarded the Gold Medal for Italian Dramaturgy, as well as the Agis Golden Ticket in the ‘Quality’ section. In July of the same year, the Santarcangelo Theatre Festival, directed by Leo De Berandinis, saw the premiere of Shakespea Re di Napoli, written and directed by Ruggero Cappuccio and featuring Claudio Di Palma and Ciro Damiano. For the same work, Ruggero Cappuccio scooped the Fondi Prize and the Special Prize for European Drama awarded by Milan’s Piccolo Teatro in collaboration with ETI, as well as the Agis Golden Ticket in the ‘Quality’ section.

Ruggero Cappuccio won the IDI Prize in the New Authors section for Delirio Marginale, a piece that he went on to direct. The work made its national debut at Rome’s Teatro Argot, in a performance featuring Claudio Di Palma, Ciro Damiano and Gea Martire.