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Part XIII Pitr Strait Hometown: Oak Park, IL Current Town: Brooklyn, NY Pitr Strait is a New York-based director and teacher. After graduating from The New School's MFA program, he co-founded Torn Out Theater with Alice Mottola in 2016. Prior to his work with Torn Out, he has directed numerous works by William Shakespeare, Caryl Churchill, and Don Nigro. His film work includes directing words & actions , a short film written by Allan Staples; and co-writing the story for Alexis and Bodine Boling's feature film Movement + Location , winner of Best Screenplay at the 2014 Brooklyn Film Festival. Pitr's education work includes both graduate and undergraduate classes at The New School, as well as Concordia Language Villages' French immersion programs. Tell me about Hamlet : Hamlet , I mean, it’s only the most famous play in the English language. It’s a terrifying thing to try and sum up, let alone produce. Obviously, there are as many diffe