Rita Pietropinto-Kitt

Rita Pietropinto-Kitt CC '93, SOA '96 is active in the world of drama.

She was known to approach her now husband, Tom Kitt, in his [[[John Jay Hall|John Jay]] dorm to ask him to write the Varsity Show.

While an RA in Wien with her friend Brian Yorkey, Pietropinto-Kitt also introduced Yorkey to Tom Kitt. Yorkey and Kitt have become an award-winning Broadway composing duo, and Pietropinto-Kitt has acted on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally, and in television and film. She is currently also an adjunct professor in Barnard’s Department of Theatre, where she teaches undergraduate acting.