KITNEWS
Kairos Italy Theater Newsletter
April 2010
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
- April 19th,: KITCAFFE' In Montclair, Trumpets, Montclair: Primo Levi Short Stories
- May 10th: KITCAFFE' In Montclair, Trumpets, Montclair: Mamma!
- May 23rd: The KIT Project: Readings of Italian Theatre in Translation, The Flea
- June 7th: KITCAFFE' In Montclair, Trumpets, Montclair: Fred Gardaphe's Short Stories
- June 13th: The KIT Project: Readings of Italian Theatre in Translation, The Flea
- July 27th: KITCAFFE' in Manhattan, Cornelia Street Cafe': TBA
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BLOSSOMING KIT NEWS
Dear KIT friends,
Spring is in the air, bringing new colors and new life everywhere... and Spring is here at KIT!
I am very happy to announce the begin of a series I had in mind for a very long time, and that now it is finally becoming reality. I am in fact collaborating with The Flea (the great Off-Off theatre located on White Street in Tribeca), and with many wonderful artists, in bringing new Italian plays as well as old Italian plays little known in the States to the NY stage. The series will start May 23 at 7pm, when we'll be presenting a very well-known title, yet unknown as a play, by a very famous author... Curious? Well, you have to wait until next newsletter to know more...
I am also very happy to enter the illustrous Cornelia Street Cafe' with our KITCAFFE'. July 27th, at 6pm, we'll read, drink and be merry....
Least, but not last, I am still working in bringing Tosca e le altre due back on stage, and not only in NY. If anyone is interested in hosting Tosca on their stages, contact us!
As for the web-site, it is now all up to KIT. The web-site is ready to run and fto unction at its best... we have to fill it with contents... and slowly we will...
Buone Uova di Cioccolata a tutti!
Ciao, Laura & KIT
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KIT and Trumpets Jazz Club
present
KITCAFFE' in Montclair
MONDAY APRIL 19
7-9pm
under the auspices of
the ITALIAN CONSULATE IN NEWARK
and with the endorsement of
THE CENTER FOR ITALIAN AND ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURE
PRIMO LEVI SHORT STORIES:
Censura in Bitinia
I Gladiatori
Una Stella Tranquilla
The amount of fiction produced by Levi is not tremendous
- five modestly sized collections of short pieces and a novel - and yet
they provide a unique perspective in literature, skillfully combining
the major elements of the author's life. On the one hand, his training as a chemist is evident in
his choice of subject matter, the reasoning of his protagonists, and
his analytical descriptions. On the other hand, Levi's harrowing
experiences in Auschwitz are the source of an insuppressible sense of wonder
present in his work, a wonder over every detail of the animate and
inanimate world, coupled with a profound appreciation of simply being
alive to observe the details. What arises from this combination of
science and mystery are stories which are as uncategorizable as they
are unusual.
From The Scriptorium, By David Keffer, with Allen B. Ruch
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Coming Up with KIT... SAVE THE DATES!
 SUNDAYs MAY 23 7PM + JUNE 13 7PM
THE KIT PROJECT: READINGS OF ITALIAN THEATER IN TRANSLATION
KIT together with the prestigious Flea Theatre presents the first series of readings of unknown or little known Italian plays translated into English.
Great plays, great actors, great theater and great audience! MORE DETAILS IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER...
 TUESDAY JULY 27, 6-8 pm,
KITCAFFE' in Manhattan is back! We will be welcoming our audience at the famous Cornelia Street Cafe' (29 Cornelia Street). We promise a beautiful evening under the stars of the Italian Literature and of this historical location in the Village. Details will come soon...
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GREETINGS FROM FLORIDA!
We had the best time in Naples, Florida, thanks to Joe Delfino and the Naples Italian American Club. We had more than 200 people attending, and we were all very happy!
Here some pics we'd like to share with you...
the photos are by Ivan Seligman.
 Marta in The Italian Body Professor Margherita in ABC L'Italiano s'impara cosi'...  Professor Margherita with some students + the happy audience
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About KIT members and friends...Burattini Cortesi's
Arlecchino Lovesick
 Our friends of The Cortese Family are back with a great show thanks to our great friend Lucretia. Don't miss this unique possibility of witness the best example of classical Northern-Italian puppetry school. Here the calendar of the performances (some are already gone, sorry):
@ La Scuola d'Italia "G. Marconi" (406 East 67th Street, NY)
March 29th, 11-12:30pm Puppet Performance for students in grades 2-8, parents and friends of La Scuola community; March 30th 10-11:30 am Puppet performance for students in grades pre-K-1st, parents and friends of La Scuola community. @ CASA ITALIANA ZERILLI-MARIMO' (24 W 12th Street)March 31, 6pm5:30-5:45 Casa Members and NYU community (with ID) priority seating 5:45-6 general admission NO RSVP AND FREE ADMISSION @ Hoboken Shelter, St. John's Church (300 Bloomfield Street, Hoboken, NJ) April 1st, 4:30pmThe show will benefit the Hoboken Shelter with a suggested donation of $10 for admission.  AND AGAIN: For everyone who loves soccer, and the Roma team, our friends at Sora Lella NYC screen Roma's games every week. Also, now Sora Lella NYC is the headquarter of the Roma Club New York. And from June 11 to July 11, they will screen the entire 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP... ON THE BIG SCREEN! |
Would you like help KIT
doing more and more and more?
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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| Contact Information |
Email: [email protected]
Tel +1-212-254 4025
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