VITTORIO CAPOTORTO

Staged more than 100 plays over the course of forty years. He was ispired by the celebrated Italian Maestro Eduardo De Filippo, with whom he worked for a number of years as an assistant and actor.

His theatrical experience includes the founding and directing of theater companies in Italy, Sudan and Argentina. His repertoire has ranged from Macchiavelli to modern playwrights such a Jarry, Nicolaj and Dario Fo.

1998-2001 He created the “Italian Theater Practicum” course which he thaught at Columbia University and Brooklyn College.

Staged 14 production in New York City, including English version of Pirandello’s “The Jar”, Eduarde De Filippo’s “Long Lagged Lies", and Paolo Tartamella’s ”The Busboy”. He was the founder and the artistic director of the International Festival “Orlando Innamorato” held in Italy in 2001. In July 2006 directed "Orlando in Love” in Central Park New York.