Italian Theater Hits Get Encore Staging at IN SCENA WINTER, Feb. 4-7
Kairos Italy Theater presents IN SCENA! WINTER, a special encore presentation of two acclaimed shows from previous IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVALS: Francesco Foti's NIUIORC NIUIORC (seen in 2013) and Compagnia Ragli's ITALY HAS RISEN by Rosario Mastrota (seen in 2014). Performances run February 4-7 at Bernie Wohl Center at Goddard Riverside (647 Columbus Avenue between 91st & 92nd Streets).
Inaugural IN SCENA WINTER Begins 2/4
Lovers of Italian theater lovers won't have to wait until 4th annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY premieres in May. Beginning February 4th, Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, will present IN SCENA! WINTER. The program will feature encore performances from two past festivals: Francesco Foti's NUOIRC NUIORC (seen in 2013) and Compagnia Ragli's ITALY HAS RISEN by Rosario Mastrota (seen in 2014). Performances run through February 7th at Bernie Wohl Center at Goddard Riverside (647 Columbus Avenue between 91st & 92nd Streets). Tickets are $15, $12 seniors and students, at www.kitheater.com and at www.inscenany.com.
Carlotta Corradi Receives First Mario Fratti Award for Emerging Italian Playwrights
Italian realist playwright Carlotta Corradi was awarded the first Mario Fratti Award for Emerging Italian Playwrights on June 24 at the concluding event of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, which was held at Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Ave. The award recognizes her new play, 'Via dei Capocci,' which was given a staged reading by the Festival the day before at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue.
Kairos Italy Theater to Hold 2nd In Scena! Italian Theater Festival, 6/9-24
Kairos Italy Theater, the preeminent Italian theater company in NYC, will present its second In Scena! Italian Theater Festival (www.inscenany.com) in all five boroughs from June 9 to 24, 2014. The event will feature six full productions and four readings. Production highlights include 'Hanno tutti ragione' (Everybody's Right), performed by Iaia Forte, a leading actress in Paolo Sorrentino's film 'The Great Beauty' (Best Foreign Language Film, 2014 Academy Awards). The play is based on a book by Sorrentino. Other programming highlights include a series of plays and readings dealing with soccer, celebrating the 2014 Soccer World Cup.
Photo Flash: In Scena Italian Theatre Festival NY Wraps Inaugural Run
From June 10 to 20, Kairos Italy Theater (KIT) presented the 'In Scena! Italian Theater Festival' NY, the first Italian theater festival to take place annually in all five New York City boroughs and beyond. Laura Caparrotti, Artistic Director of KIT and Founding Director of the Festival, reports that attendance was about 800 people throughout this two-week celebration of Italian theater, which was held in intimate venues in all five boroughs. Scroll down for photos from the final event!
Photo Flash: Francesco Foti's NIUIORC NIUIORC at In Scena! Festival
In the photo below, Francesco Foti appears in his one-man comedy 'Niuiorc Niuiorc,' the story of an Italian man who comes to New York City, which was presented on June 14 as part of 'In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY.' The show was staged at NYU's Casa Italiana Zerelli-Marimo.
Photo Flash: Kairos Italy Theater Kicks Off IN SCENA! Italian Theater Festival
Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York City, presents In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, the first Italian theater festival to take place annually in all five New York City boroughs and beyond. The inaugural festival will be now through June 20, 2013. BroadwayWorld has photos from the festival's grand opening below!
Manolo Muoio, Francesco Foti, Ernesto Orrico, Dante De Rose at final event of In Scena: Italian Theatre Festival NY, ''A Tribute to Mario Fratti: Three one acts by the author of ''Nine,'' directed by Kevin Albert at The Secret Theatre. Photo by Alex Dian
