New York. Kairos Italy Theatre, the Italian theatre company in New York, and KIT Italia announce the 6th edition of “In Scena! Italian Theatre Festival NY”, which will present a record number of 12 shows coming to New York from Italy, including a special event for the Opening Night: “Tutti non ci sono”, by and with Dario D’Ambrosi. The 15-day Festival spread across the 5 buroughs, founded by KIT’s Artistic Director, Laura Caparrotti, and by the KIT Italia Artistic Director, Donatella Codonesu, will end with the 5th Mario Fratti Prize, created especially by “In Scena!” to honour the Italian excellences in theatre. This year’s festival celebrates women, with 7 female authors and 6 female directors. LGTBQ thematic works will also be explored, there will also be lectures by Italian authors in translation, “infosession”, and a conference day are presented. One of the most important events of the last edition, Free Verse meets In Scena!, will also be featured, in which prisoners in conditional freedom write poetry with Italian artists, and much more. The Festival takes place from 7 to 21 May. (9Colonne)
