Montauk Library will welcome Rome-born actress and playwright Laura Caparrotti on Sunday, April 30, for a performance of her one-woman show “A-B-C How to Learn Italian in Just One Hour,” or “ A-B-C L’italiano S’impara così.” Ms. Caparrotti takes on the role of Miss Margherita, a despotic teacher-diva, who has a unique method for teaching Italian th...
READ MOREKairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, will present the 5th annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY. This 15-day festival will offer 7 fully-staged productions from Italy, special events, readings, among other events and activities. All are presented in Italian and English or with English supertitles, c...
READ MOREOn the occasion of International Women's Day 2017, KIT - Kairos Italy Theater announces its upcoming US Premiere production of "The Worth of Women." KIT-Kairos Italy Theater, the preeminent Italian theater company in New York City, brings to the stage the US premiere of The Worth of Women, a theatrical adaptation of a book written by Moderata Fonte...
READ MOREIf you're seeking a smorgasbord of cultural stimulation, New York City is the place to go — except, as Laura Caparrotti discovered when moved to the Big Apple from Italy in 1996, authentic Italian theater. So she set out to change that. "I started to do Italian theater because there was a real need," says Laura, 48, president and founding...
READ MOREThe online portion of Festa di Natale is now open. The auction will run from to December 16, 2015, with the live event taking place on December 16, 2015. Proceeds go to Kairos Italy Theater in order to support. Auction items range from exotic vacation getaways to donated items guaranteed to delight and surprise. So, tell your friends, family, commu...
READ MOREKairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, has finalized the calendar of events for the third annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY. This 17-day festival will offer 8 fully-staged productions from Italy, among other events and activities. Shows will be presented in all five boroughs of New York a...
READ MOREby Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino Laura Caparrotti is an artist, educator, journalist, playwright, lecturer, consultant and Italian dialect coach for Boardwalk Empire, a curator and a panelist for NYSCA, who has been working to spread the Italian culture through theater in New York since 1996. After years of professional theatre in It...
READ MORENata a Roma, Laura Caparrotti è laureata in Storia del Teatro e dello Spettacolo presso l'Università La Sapienza di Roma. Ha studiato recitazione e scrittura teatrale con Dario Fo (Nobel Prize per la Letteratura 1997), Annie Girardot e molti altri. Laura ha recitato, diretto e prodotto in Italia e negli Stati Uniti, dove nell'anno 2000 ha fondato l...
READ MOREdi Eugenio Furia Chi l'ha detto che calcio e teatro non possano andare d'accordo? Nell'estate dei Mondiali in Brasile, il festival "In Scena!" torna a New York con un cartellone che flirta con lo sport più popolare del mondo e filtra i linguaggi del prato verde attraverso quelli delle tavole del palcoscenico. Dopo il successo dell...
READ MOREThe Mario Fratti Award is won each year by the author of an original play in Italian or Italian dialect, never-before produced or published. The theme of this year's Mario Fratti Award is "Mothers." Entries are free to tackle this theme is any way and from any point of view. The jury evaluates each entry according to the following selectio...
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