We are thrilled to introduce KIT 2019 Theater Development and Marketing Intern Yao Ge. Yao was Born and raised in Beijing, China. She has a sociology degree from Central University of Finance and Economics in China, and currently studying in Public Relations at New York University. She has worked as an intern in Ogilvy &...
So much to be grateful for. We conclude the year with: A new show: The most learned woman on the life of Elena Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman to receive a doctorate world-wide, in 1678; A very successful East Coast tour of The Worth of Women; A new series On the Italian Stage to inform...
The New York based Kairos Italy Theater and the Italy-based KIT Italia will present the seventh annual In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, a festival of Italian theater taking place in all five boroughs of NYC, April 29-May 13, 2019. Participating venues will include Cherry Lane Theatre, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’ at NYU, Bernie Wohl Center, Italian Cultural...
The Committee for the 10 minute series dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the riots of the Stone Wall Inn is composed by: Frank Avella, Playwright and Director (USA) Laura Caparrotti, Artistic Director, Kairos Italy Theater (USA) Donatella Codonesu, Artistic Director, KIT Italia (Italy) Brian De Grazia, Ph.D. Candidate, NYU (USA) Mark Erson, Playwright and...
KIT is extremely proud of collaborating in bringing the first American Theater Festival to Italy. From January 21 to January 27, shows, readings, concerts and one award will be presented in Rome. KIT is presenting “Cry Havoc” with the great Stephan Wolfert. The tour for Cry Havoc will stop also in Cosenza, Calabria and in...
“Perhaps the most memorable moment of any Vassar tour is when the guide brings visitors into the Thompson Memorial Library to see the stunning central stained-glass window depicting Lady Elena Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman to earn a doctorate in European history, defending her thesis to an enraptured audience of formerly skeptical male scholars. However,...
The evening of October 25, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura brought to Washington, DC a very relevant performance entitled The Worth of Women, based on a book originally written over 400 years ago in Venice. I-ITALY, OCTOBER 27, 2018 Read the entire article
Grazie for the so many submission for In Scena! 2019. Due to several requests, we have decided to postpone the deadline for the Mario Fratti Award to September 22. To submit, go to www.inscenany.com/bando/ Vi aspettiamo!
By and with Laura Caparrotti and with Ludovica Burtone (Violin) Set by Sarah Edkins Drawing by Sandra Rosselli POster Graphic by Sara Segall The story of a woman who took no for an answer and went on to prove an old society and a male world wrong. Elena looks back at her life, her motifs,...
US Premiere – February 9, 2017 – 6:30PM Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’ at NYU part of Carnegie Hall’s La Serenissima With: Tali Custer, Aileen Lanni, Paul Herbig*, Michael Ryan*, Gina Marie Russell Directed by Laura Caparrotti in collaboration with Jay Stern *Denotes Equity Actors The “Memoirs” by Venetian revolutionary playwright Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793) see...
