Francesco Foti

Kairos Italy Theater presents IN SCENA! WINTER, a special encore presentation of two acclaimed shows from previous IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVALS: Francesco Foti's NIUIORC NIUIORC (seen in 2013) and Compagnia Ragli's ITALY HAS RISEN by Rosario Mastrota (seen in 2014). Performances run February 4-7 at Bernie Wohl Center at Goddard Riverside (647 Columbus Avenue between 91st & 92nd Streets).

Lovers of Italian theater lovers won't have to wait until 4th annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY premieres in May. Beginning February 4th, Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, will present IN SCENA! WINTER. The program will feature encore performances from two past festivals: Francesco Foti's NUOIRC NUIORC  (seen in 2013) and Compagnia Ragli's ITALY HAS RISEN by Rosario Mastrota (seen in 2014). Performances run through February 7th at Bernie Wohl Center at Goddard Riverside (647 Columbus Avenue between 91st & 92nd Streets).  Tickets are $15, $12 seniors and students, at www.kitheater.com and at www.inscenany.com.

Italian realist playwright Carlotta Corradi was awarded the first Mario Fratti Award for Emerging Italian Playwrights on June 24 at the concluding event of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, which was held at Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Ave. The award recognizes her new play, 'Via dei Capocci,' which was given a staged reading by the Festival the day before at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue.

The winner of the first Mario Fratti Award for emerging Italian authors, a program of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, will be 'Via Dei Capocci' by Carlotta Corradi. The play will be staged as a reading on June 23 at 7:00 PM at Theater for the New City (155 First Ave.) as an event of the Festival.

Kairos Italy Theater, the preeminent Italian theater company in NYC, will present its second In Scena! Italian Theater Festival (www.inscenany.com) in all five boroughs from June 9 to 24, 2014. The event will feature six full productions and four readings. Production highlights include 'Hanno tutti ragione' (Everybody's Right), performed by Iaia Forte, a leading actress in Paolo Sorrentino's film 'The Great Beauty' (Best Foreign Language Film, 2014 Academy Awards). The play is based on a book by Sorrentino. Other programming highlights include a series of plays and readings dealing with soccer, celebrating the 2014 Soccer World Cup.

From June 10 to 20, Kairos Italy Theater (KIT) presented the 'In Scena! Italian Theater Festival' NY, the first Italian theater festival to take place annually in all five New York City boroughs and beyond. Laura Caparrotti, Artistic Director of KIT and Founding Director of the Festival, reports that attendance was about 800 people throughout this two-week celebration of Italian theater, which was held in intimate venues in all five boroughs. Scroll down for photos from the final event!

In the photo below, Francesco Foti appears in his one-man comedy 'Niuiorc Niuiorc,' the story of an Italian man who comes to New York City, which was presented on June 14 as part of 'In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY.' The show was staged at NYU's Casa Italiana Zerelli-Marimo.

Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York City, presents In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, the first Italian theater festival to take place annually in all five New York City boroughs and beyond. The inaugural festival will be now through June 20, 2013. BroadwayWorld has photos from the festival's grand opening below!

The Santa Barbara Film Festival has announced its 2013 lineup. The 28th edition features films from 49 countries and runs January 24-February 3. The festival will open with DISCONNECT, a drama starring Jason Bateman and will conclude with Rowan Athale's Wasteland.