And then we are in 2015... Dear KIT Friends, 

Let me wish you a year of GOOD HEALTH for you and your loved ones, of many SMILES, a lot of BEAUTIFUL moments, all infused with much SERENITY. 

As always, my wish is also that you'll be again with us for a year full of theater. 

Regarding our theater, in these few hours, if you could send some good wishes in form of donation to KIT, we'll appreciate so much. 

I leave you the reminder about our 2014 and our 2015. Much to do, Much to come... 

HAPPY NEW YEAR, BUON ANNO AMICI MIEI,

Laura Caparrotti & KIT 

What KIT did in 2014:

• Two new productions: Decameron by Boccaccio at Casa Italiana and in tour and The Cloven Viscount by Calvino in collaboration with Eastman School of Music
• Tour of old and new productions in schools, communities and Italian institutions in New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Rochester, San Francisco
• Co-production of two theatrical events in Italy (CollaborAzioni WWL Roma and CollaborAzioni Calabria)
• A bigger and longer In Scena! 2014: 6 shows, 4 readings, the Mario Fratti Award, 20 days!
• A workshop,with final public presentation, led by Three time Obie Award Rocco Sisto titled From Boccaccio to Shakespeare (via Machiavelli) to explore the similarities and differences among such great writers. 

No matter if the play was with supertitles or in English with some Italian, no matter if the play was dated 1348 or 2014, the involvement, joy and excitement of an audience for our culture, art and language made me realize that we are going in the right direction.

We went to community centers, where people who don't know Italian cheered for Italian Language only productions. We even went to Probation Centers to work with their clients and they came to see shows and cried and laughed.

There is a lot more to do and you can help. 

1. Create a new website for Kairos Italy Theater with a dedicated section on Education: this past year proved again that our job is making art while educating our audience on Italian culture.
   The new website would provide for each show: 

   Material on the author, the show, the time when the play was written and so on. The material will consist in podcasts, essays, videos; Activities for the classroom; Bibliography; Contents created by students and audience on each show. Value: $1000
    
2. Hire a part-time staff member for our outreach effort: many schools, universities, communities would like to work with us. We love doing it but we desperately need to hire a staff member dedicated to connect with each one of them and organize the work. Value: $2500
    
3. Have a consultant to better work on grants and corporate giving (in order to be able to produce all the beautiful plays we'd like to produce): we are working with a wonderful consultant who gives us a special price because she believes in what we do. We need to work with her all year long in order to be able to hopefully reach some results. Value: $4000
    
4. New costumes for the new production of Decameron and Mandrake Root: The two very successful shows come back for a short run in New York and then a tour in the East Coast and in the near future in California. We'd love to have a professional helping us with the costumes, to improve them. Value: $700
    
5. Raise the money for the third edition of In Scena!  May 4-20, 2015. Value: so much! Any contribution is welcome!

• Boccaccio and Machiavelli April 9-12, then on tour in the East Coast;
• A work on Pasolini;
• the third edition of In Scena! May 4-20;
• A work on Dante April 2015
• Dealers of Souls November 9-28
• Reading Series
• works by new upcoming Italian playwrights;
• new collaborations between KIT and Italian theater companies in Italy;
• more tour with our new and old productions... 

ALL THE DONATION ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE