News: In Scena! Italian Theater Festival Announces 3rd Edition of Translation and Adaptation Mentorship Program

Playwright Chiara Arrigoni
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, New York City’s premiere festival of Italian theater happening in all five boroughs, will present a reading of the 2025 Hystrio Award Translation and Adaptation Mentorship Winner Chiara Arrigoni and her play Pelle on Friday, May 9 at 5:30pm at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo (24 W 12th St, New York, NY 10011).

The In Scena! Italian Theater Festival collaborates with the Hystrio Award – Scritture di Scena, one of the most prestigious theater awards in Italy, to mentor an Italian playwright on their play’s translation and adaptation. The winning playwright travels to New York to collaborate with a local playwright and a translator on the English adaptation of their play.

During the 2025 edition of In Scena!, the Festival will welcome Chiara Arrigoni, the playwright selected with the play Pelle for the Hystrio Scritture di Scena. The writer will be mentored for a period over 15 days by Antoinette LaVecchia, an Italian American playwright and actress, following the combined project of Kairos Italy theater and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’ to give more visibility to Italian American playwrights. The play Pelle will be translated by Giulia Cowie, the official translator for the Hystrio Scritture di Scena Mentorship.

Chiara Arrigoni graduated with honors in Classical Literature and earned a diploma in Playwriting and Screenwriting from the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome, where she co-founded the theatre company Le ore piccole with other former students. She has twice received a special mention in the Hystrio Scritture di scena award, one of the most prestigious theatre prizes in italy. Her plays have been selected for festivals and showcases in Italy, France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and have received several national and international prizes. She took part in the NEON_10 project by Fabulamundi Playwriting Europe across Italy, Poland, and Romania, and she works as a story editor for both cinema and literature.

Mentor Antoinette LaVecchia is an award-winning Actress and Playwright as well as a Drama League directing Fellow and Master Games teacher. Most recently, Antoinette played Elena Skate in the Russo Brothers film, The Electric State (Netflix), and has a recurring role in the reboot of Mad About You (Prime Video), and, in addition to being a published playwright, she has appeared on Broadway and many Off-Broadway stages.  

Translator Giulia Cowie is an Italian-American actress and translator originally from Florence, Italy. She made her first theater debut at a young age on various renowned Italian stages (Teatro La Pergola, Teatro Metastasio) before going on to graduate from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Recent credits include the latest season of Law and Order, Bless Me Father, and Scarlet and The Mandrake Root at the Tank NYC.

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