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Kristin Sgarro (they/them) is a nonbinary actor, musician, and emcee in New York City.

For over a decade, Kristin has been working as an actor/director almost exclusively in Shakespeare's canon, and in that time has appeared in Romeo & Juliet (Romeo), Twelfth Night (Feste, Viola, Olivia), Othello (Emilia), As You Like It (Celia, Phebe/LeBeau), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Helena, Hermia), and many more. Also a dabbler in new works and devised theater, their work can be observed in various projects with AMiOS, No Exit Theater Collective, Regeneration Theater, and in new works hosted by The Bechdel Group, SheNYC, and The Tank. They also recently debuted the love-lorn Skeeter in Juliann Lavallee's Under Woodside in the summer of 2021.

In their off-hours, Kristin helms the fort as the Founding Artistic Director of Match: Lit, a [let’s-mess-with-]Shakespeare company, and emcees its monthly reading series BARDcore, where a clever adaptation of a Shakespeare play meets trivia over libations with fellow Shakesnerds.

As a musician, Kristin works in venues all over the city, and has composed original music and arranged music for many independent NYC theater companies, including Match: Lit (As You Like It, Othello, and 2022's Twelfth Night), AMiOS' SHOTZ! series ("Shared Communal Space", And SHOTZ! For Something Virtually Different), Everyday Inferno (Iphigenia Among the Taurians’ a cappella chorus), and for Victoria M. Fragnito's new play, Scar Tissue, among others. Select MD credits include The Last Five Years (reorchestrations and new arrangements, conductor/live piano), Assassins, Captain Louie (Conductor/Piano 1 for live remote orchestra), Schoolhouse Rock Live!, A Year With Frog And Toad, and one-woman Fringe favorites Fate, Fury, and Musical Theater and Monica Lewinsky Sings Your Heart Out!.

A firm believer in representation, Kristin aims to tell updated versions of classic stories with the bodies of modern people, both to address the inequities so often experienced in classical theater and to show young theatergoers everywhere that they, too, can tell - and play a part in - all kinds of stories.

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See UNREHEARSED! AS YOU LIKE IT In Central Park This Month


presented by Barefoot Shakespeare Company, at Summit Rock in Central Park.

Photos: First Look At LITTLE EGG, BIG WORLD At Theatre Row


A story of donor conception and reproductive justice takes the stage with Little Egg, Big World is premiering June 24th at 8pm as part of Broadway Bound Theatre Festival. Get a first look at photos!

Cast Announced For LITTLE EGG, BIG WORLD at Broadway Bound Theatre Festival


Casting has been announced for 'Little Egg, Big World,' a first-of-its-kind play about donor conception, presented by Broadway Bound Theatre Festival.

Underground Skills Exchange To Present Premier SPEAK ART SERIES, May 24t


Underground Skills Exchange presents its premier “Speak Art Series” event, this year showcasing an original, devised ensemble piece that explores what it means to call NYC home. Featuring perspectives that reflect native New Yorkers, as well as recent transplants, the objective of the performance is to help the USE audience better engage with those in their community, and to lay the foundation for a deeper connection with their neighbors and their lived experiences.

Photos: Match:Lit to Present Queer TWELFTH NIGHT


Independent theater company Match: Lit will present a queer take on Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT, directed by Zeynep Akca. TWELFTH NIGHT runs through February 27 at Westbeth Community Room & Gallery (55 Bethune Street, New York, NY).

Student Blog: Victoria Fragnito's SCAR TISSUE is a Simple Yet Powerful Play


Scar Tissue is a play that revolves around two roommates, Jessica (playwright Victoria Fragnito) and Sam (Rita McCann), each going through their own struggles in dealing with toxic relationships from their pasts. Jessica is attempting to break free from the memories of a man she dated in college, Luke (Nick Ritacco), a man who haunts her current relationship with Jack (Brandon Ford Green). Sam, on the other hand, is struggling with her relationship with her sister, Hannah (Jillian Vitko), who abandoned her in a time of need. When both women have to face their pasts head-on, truths are revealed and realities are shattered, threatening the relationship between the two roommates.

Match: Lit to Present HENRY V And TWELFTH NIGHT In Rep Beginning in February


Independent theater company Match: Lit will brings two Shakespeare's HENRY V and TWELFTH NIGHT performed in rotating repertory at the Westbeth Community Room & Gallery beginning February 18th.

Photos: First Look at SCAR TISSUE at The Players Theatre


Scar Tissue, a bold new play by Victoria Fragnito, today released a first look at production photos for the world premiere engagement. Get a first look at the show below. 

SCAR TISSUE Begins Performances This Thursday At The Players Theater


The world premiere of Scar Tissue, a bold new play by Victoria Fragnito, begins performances this Thursday, January 13th on the Steve and Marie Sgouros Theatre at The Players Theatre (115 MacDougal Street).

Cast Announced for SCAR TISSUE at the Players Theatre


Announced today is the world premiere of Scar Tissue, a bold new play by Victoria Fragnito, who makes her NYC playwrighting debut. Featuring direction by Jenn Susi and music by Kristin Sgarro, Scar Tissue is set to premiere on the Steve and Marie Sgouros Theatre at The Players Theatre (115 MacDougal Street) with performances beginning Thursday, January 13, and set to run through Sunday, January 30, 2022.

Photo Flash: Match: Lit Faces The Music With William Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT


This February, rising indie Shakespeare company Match: Lit brings to its audience one of William Shakespeare's best-loved comedies in As You Like It. The production is directed by Laurel Andersen (Barefoot Shakespeare, Occupy Verona, Turn To Flesh Productions) and is produced by Match: Lit's Executive Artistic Director, Kristin Sgarro, who also serves as the production's composer and musical director. The production will open Thursday, February 13 and close Sunday, February 23.

Match: Lit Presents Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT


This February, rising indie Shakespeare company Match: Lit brings to its audience one of William Shakespeare's best-loved comedies in As You Like It. The production is directed by Laurel Andersen (Barefoot Shakespeare, Occupy Verona, Turn To Flesh Productions) and is produced by Match: Lit's Executive Artistic Director, Kristin Sgarro, who also serves as the production's composer and musical director. The production will open Thursday, February 13 and close Sunday, February 23.

Casting Announced For Match: Lit AS YOU LIKE IT


Casting has been announced for Match: Lit's mainstage production of William Shakespeare's As You Like It, presented at the Access Theater Gallery in February 2020.

Andre Ozim Performs In Upcoming Match: Lit 2019 Shakespeare Reading


This fall, Match: Lit celebrates the dawn of its fifth season with a third round of BARDcore: fun cuts of Shakespeare's plays read over trivia and drinks at the cozy Q.E.D. in Astoria, NY.

Match: Lit Kicks Off Its 2019-2020 Season


This fall, Match: Lit celebrates the dawn of its fifth season with a third round of BARDcore: fun cuts of Shakespeare's plays read over trivia and drinks at the cozy Q.E.D. in Astoria, NY. Returning BARDcore director Laurel Andersen steps into the leadoff slot with her take on one of the Bard's bawdiest: The Merry Wives of Windsor. Artistic Director and Producer Kristin Sgarro is now joined by her fellow Match: Lit company members Victoria M. Fragnito, Nick Ritacco, and Rudi Utter as Associate Producers.

MONICA LEWINSKY SING YOUR HEART OUT Comes To The Kraine Theater


Monica Lewinsky has changed America's minds about her and now she's coming for your hearts. Written and performed by comedian Amanda Hunt (UCB, Wedding Belles, various basements and backs of bars in New York City and Beyond), this cabaret features characters from recent American history, song parodies from recent American musicals, and wigs from recent American Amazon orders. Come to this show for hot takes and warm feelings. 

New Cabaret MONICA LEWINSKY SINGS YOUR HEART OUT Comes to The Kraine Theater


Monica Lewinsky has changed America's minds about her and now she's coming for your hearts. Written and performed by comedian Amanda Hunt (UCB, Wedding Belles, various basements and backs of bars in New York City and Beyond), this cabaret features characters from recent American history, song parodies from recent American musicals, and wigs from recent American Amazon orders. Come to this show for hot takes and warm feelings.

Match: Lit Returns To The Stage With William Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET


This winter, New York's up-and-coming Shakespeare company Match: Lit presents one of William Shakespeare most classic tales, Romeo & Juliet. The production is directed by Phoebe Brooks (Spicy Witch Productions) and is produced by Match: Lit's Artistic Director, Kristin Sgarro. The production will open Wednesday, February 13 and close Sunday, February 17.

Amios Presents CRYPTOSHOTZ: A Shotzcoin ICO


SHOTZ! features a mix of Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theater, and TV talent, with six new plays coming at you the first Monday of every month! **Note: This will be the final SHOTZ! of the 2018 season!

Amios Presents HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A WOMEN'S SHOTZ


Amios is proud to present: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Women's Shotz! A Shotz! Comprised entirely of artists who identify as women!

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