KITNEWS
Kairos Italy Theater Newsletter
February 2010
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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- February 3-21: TOSCA E LE ALTRE DUE by F. Valeri, the cell
- February 8th: KITCAFFE' In Montclair, Trumptes, Montclair, NJ: FUN and LOVE
- March 14th: The Italian Body + ABC L'Italiano S'impara cosi', Naples, Florida
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Dear KIT's Friends,
Here We are! Emilia and Iride are in NY to tell you everything about Tosca and the life in 1800's Rome.
We are thrilled of presenting FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER a full production of a play written by the greatest FRANCA VALERI. We are honored to celebrate her genius.
If you have students to bring or you are a group of students, please email us at [email protected] to let us know when you are coming, so we can have a Q&A session after the show.
For the Opera lovers, for every show we have 5 seats at $10.00 in the balcony... upstairs... if you'd like to reserve such seat, go to www.brownpapertickets.com and select BALCONY and you'll get your very Opera-Lover ticket.
We hope to see ALL OF YOU at the cell; the play is a real gem, funny and engaging... witty and melodramatic, this play has it all. We are sure you will be happy to have seen it!
Ciao, Laura & KIT
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FEBRUARY 3rd to FEBRUARY21st
TOSCA E LE ALTRE DUE
TOSCA AND THE TWO DOWNSTAIRS
BY FRANCA VALERI
In Italian with English supertitles
the cell
338 W 23rd Street
(Between 8th and 9th ave)
FEBRUARY 3rd to FEBRUARY21st
First week: Wed - Sat at 8:00 pm, Sat and Sun at 3:00 PM
Second week: Fri - Sat at 8:00 PM, Sat and Sun at 3:00 PM
Third week: Wed - Sat at 8:00 PM, Sat and Sun at 3:00 PM
Tickets $ 20.00 - $ 15.00 students and seniors
TICKETS: www.brownpapertickets.com or 800-838-3006
From Time Out NY: Franca Valeri puts Rosencratz and Guildenstern spin on Puccini's classic opera by imagining what the torturer's wife and the lady-doorkeeper must have been saying while all that melodramatic stabbing was going on upstairs. |
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 KITCAFFE' in MontclairMonday February 8th CARNEVALE and SAN VALENTINO in
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
FUN and LOVE
Trumpets Jazz Club
(6 Depot Square, Montclair, NJ)
Reading with us: Carmela Amabile
Teachers will receive a certificate for two professional development hours.
ONLY $20 pp and you get:
The materials, coffee, desserts, wine PLUS
the chance to win the Stanislao Pugliese's Bitter Spring.
Reserve today!
R.S.V.P. via email: [email protected] or by calling Trumpets' reservation line: 973-486-0822
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MORE ABOUT KIT AND KIT'S MEMBERS...
The new website is ready... few days, and you'll say WOW a lot!
 March 14th, 2010: Laura and Marta perform their one-woman-shows - A,B,C L'Italiano s'impara cosi' and The Italian Body... more details to come...
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Instructions for Donation to KIT
DONATE TO KIT BY CREDIT CARD
Go to https://www.thefield.org/ContributionToSA.aspx? and select Laura Caparrotti/Kairos Italy Theater from the drop down list of Sponsored Artists. Then put the amount you wish to donate in the "Contribution Amount" slot. Please be sure to fill in all of the contact info so that we can acknowledge your donation with a proper thank you! DONATE TO KIT BY PERSONAL CHECK
Write a check to The Field, and put in the memo line Laura Caparrotti/Kairos Italy Theater. Then mail it to the following address: KIT-Kairos Italy Theater 60 E 8th street Suite 12B NY-NY 10003.
REMEMBER: ALL THE DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE!
KIT-Kairos Italy Theater is sponsored by The Field, a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501 (c) (3) organization serving the New York City performing arts community.
The Field is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization serving the New York City performing arts community. Contributions made to The Field and earmarked Laura Caparrotti/Kairos Italy Theater are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information about The Field contact: The Field, 161 6th Avenue, New York NY 10013, (212) 691-6969, fax: (212) 255-2053, www.thefield.org. A copy of The Field's latest annual report may be obtained, upon request, from The Field or from the Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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Need help going to Rome or to NY?
KIT IN THE CITY.COMThe Bilingual News on Roma and New York
KIT in the City.com is your guide through the two Capitals of the world! Exhibitions, shows, restaurants, hotels, latest trends and much much more: a KIT of news to enjoy these two beautiful cities!
To honor KIT's tradition, the web-site speaks both English and Italian.
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TALK TO KIT
If you'd like to let us know about more Italy in the NYC area, or if you'd like to share opinions on Italy and Italian events OR if you'd like to contact us with questions, request and suggestions, send an email at [email protected]. KIT's staff will be happy to review it and eventually include it in its newsletter.
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Kairos Italy Theater
KIT's mission is to create a cultural exchange program between Italy, the US and the international community, to unveil artistic and creative sides of these two countries to the world. In the States, Kairos Italy Theater is dedicated to spreading the Italian Culture and to creating an Italian Cultural Network in order to support and further increase the knowledge of Italy in the States.
Kairos
According to ancient Greeks, Kairos was the god of the "fleeting moment," "a favorable opportunity opposing the fate of man." Such a moment must be grasped (by the tuft of hair on the personified forehead of the fleeting opportunity); otherwise the moment is gone and cannot be re-captured (personified by the back of head being bald). A concept similar to Kairos is that behind the famous motto "Carpe Diem" and a sort of recurrence in the idea of Kairos is linked with the theme of The Wheel of Fortune, which continuously rotates.
Once upon a time... KIT!
Many years ago (I was still in Italy) I have started my own theatre company with some friends, all actors like me. We decided to call us with the temporary name of Le Gramaglie, which was fun, but didn't feel completely right. Then one day, in Rome (my city), while I was walking through an exhibition dedicated to the Greek scolptur Lysippos, I have discovered a fascinated figure, Kairos, which Lysippos replicated a lot.
Kairos was a semi-god, with a lot of hair in the forehead while completely bold in the back. He simbolized the right occasion grabbed at the right moment: in fact, you can grab it when it's coming (the hair in the forehead), but when it's gone, you won't catch it anymore... I found the concept to be beautiful, an hymn to life lived at full, an exhortation to grab the chance, even when it looks risky, just because your heart says that is the right one.
This is the very simple reason I have called my company Kairos, and when I have came to the States, I have just added Italy to better show what the company was about.
After so many years, I can say that I was right: I took many chances, and I still do, and it's still very beautiful and rewarding!
Laura Caparrotti
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Email: [email protected]
Tel +1-212-254 4025
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