KITNEWS
Kairos Italy Theater Newsletter
TOSCA UPDATE N.1
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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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Special Edition! Tosca Update!
 Mario Fratti recommends the play in his column "Teatro: Broadway e Dintorni"!
The Huffington Post says the show is SMARTLY PERFORMED BY KAIROS and THE PRODUCTION AND THE COMPANY ARE WORTHY TO NOTE...
Essence of Italy states THIS SHOW IS A GREAT WAY TO BE INTRODUCED TO, OR CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE, THE VALERI'S WORK... read more below!
We'd like to remind you that:
- You can buy tickets online at www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 800-838-8006.
- 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 with Tosca and Scarpia... if you'd like to reserve such seats, go to www.brownpapertickets.com and select BALCONY and you'll get your very Opera-Lover experience.
Ciao, Laura & KIT
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THE HUFFINGTON POST
Fern Siegel
"A different kind of adaptation -- a play-within-an-opera - is now at The Cell, a new multi-arts facility at 338 W. 23 St. Tosca e Le Altre Due (Tosca and the Two Downstairs) is a satiric sidebar to Puccini's Tosca,
written by Italian playwright and actress Franca Valeri, who imagines a
clever back story to the famed production, smartly performed by Kairos
Italy Theater, a bilingual Italian/English troupe.
In the opera, Mario, Tosca's lover, is tortured by Sciarrone, the
deputy of Scarpia, the corrupt police chief. In Valeri's sister tale,
Sciarrone's wife Iride (Marta Mondelli) and Scarpia's doorkeeper Emilia
(Laura Caparrotti, who also directs) sit together. Amid the tortured
screams in the background, the two discuss their lives and each
character in Tosca -- all the while plotting Iride's escape from her brutal spouse.
Iride is rendered with exquisite charm by Mondelli, who is nicely balanced by Caparrotti's gruff but crafty Emilia. Tosca e Le Altre Due
is humorous and insightful, a novel way to comment on Puccini's
examination of politics and passions. Kairos, dedicated to spreading
Italian culture abroad, has achieved its aims here. The production and
company are worthy of note."
ESSENCE OF ITALY
Carolyn Masone
"I had the pleasure of a rare theatric experience on Wednesday night,
February 3 at The Cell theater in NYC. A gem of a production, Tosca E Le Altre Due by
Franca Valeri presents themes of socio-economic class differences,
social mores, relations between the sexes and the consequences of
personal and civic violence, just to name a few. All of this is
presented through the lens of biting social satire as we watch two
women meet and unfold their lives against the backdrop of Puccini's Tosca, going on all around them. [...]
Laura Caparrotti and Marta Mondelli play two women from different
worlds who are united by the violence in their lives. Each has
different reasons for being there and each ultimately decides
differently about her future. If it sounds like a heavy, dark story, it
is in a way. But the beauty of Valeri's writing and Caparrotti and
Mondelli's acting is that as you're watching the play it seems light
and at times quite funny. The deeper story streams from the seeming
triviality of their conversations and the interruptions of the Tosca story unfolding all the while.
This show is a great way to be introduced to, or continue to appreciate, Valeri's work."
EDGE NEW YORK
Scott Stiffler
FRANCA VALERI: ITALY'S LIZA MINNELLI COMES STATESIDE
CHELSEA NOW
Jerry Tallmer
ITALIAN LEGEND GETS HER NYC DUE
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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
Second week: Fri 12- Sat 13 at 8:00 PM, Sat 13 and Sun 14 at 3:00 PM
Third week: Wed 17- Sat 20 at 8:00 PM, Sat 20and Sun 21 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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 TONIGHT!
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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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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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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Tel +1-212-254 4025
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