Laura Caparrotti (Kairos Italy Theater), for her cooperation with the Ottocentismi Podcast.

Laura Caparrotti is a director, actress, voice over artist, journalist, teacher, lecturer, consultant, dialect-coach, curator with an Italian accent. She has worked professionally for over ten years in Italy before relocating to NY in 1996. She is the Founding Artistic Director of KIT-Kairos Italy Theater, the main Italian Theater Company in NY and of In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, the only Italian Theater Festival in the US. She is the recipient of the Dante Award and of the Italian Cultural Society Award for her role in spreading Italian culture in the States through theater. In 2021 Laura directed her first documentary Tutti In Scena on the history of Italian theater in NY. The documentary was a finalist at The Russo Brothers Film Forum and winner of Best Director at the Sydney World Fest among others awards. She is the NY correspondent for Hystrio, the main theater magazine in Italy.

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