Laura Caparrotti is a director, actress, 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 Italian Theater Festival taking place in all 5 NY Boroughs and beyond and the cofounder of On Stage! the American Theater Festival in Italy. 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 completed her first documentary as a director Tutti In Scena on the history of Italian theater in NY. The documentary was one of the three finalists at The Russo Brothers Film Forum and winner of Best Director at the Sydney World Fest .