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Karen Malpede

Karen Malpede, playwright, director of 22 plays, co-founder, Theater Three Collaborative.

 

Karen Malpede, playwright, director of 22 plays, co-founder, Theater Three Collaborative. Plays in Time: The Beekeeper's Daughter, Prophecy, Another Life, Extreme Whether (Intellect, University of Chicago, 2017); Acts of War: Iraq & Afghanistan in Seven Plays, editor (Northwestern University Press 2011); Other That We, Blue Valiant (Egret Acting Editions, Laertes Books), 2021, Troy Too in Staging 21st Century Tragedies (Routledge, 2022)

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Looking for Another Way
Podcast

Looking for Another Way

3 May 2023

Playwright and director Karen Malpede joins Jeffrey Mosser to talk about her career and connections from the Open Theater to Theater Three Collaborative, as well as her partner George Bartenieff, an actor and champion for the avant-garde.

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The Necessity of a New Green Federal Theatre Project
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The Necessity of a New Green Federal Theatre Project

30 July 2019

Karen Malpede argues that significant theatrical engagement with the climate crisis cannot occur in the United States without governmental intervention, and looks at the Federal Theatre Project as a model.

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From Kosovo
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From Kosovo

A Playwright Who Provokes Change

4 April 2019

Karen Malpede sits down to talk with Kosovar playwright and provocateur Jeton Neziraj about freedom and theatre.

The Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre Returns
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The Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre Returns

18 October 2016

Playwright Karen Malpede reflects on shows from The 23rd Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre, back from a five-year hiatus.

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Climate Science’s Challenge to Artists
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Climate Science’s Challenge to Artists

29 January 2014

Karen Malpede shares insight into the importance and compelling nature of climate dramas.

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Another Life and the Truth about Torture
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Another Life and the Truth about Torture

25 February 2013

In this meditation, Karen Malpede offers an investigation of torture and how it can be imitated onstage.

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Why Theater Matters to Criminal Justice Students
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Why Theater Matters to Criminal Justice Students

A Discussion between Seth Baumrin & Karen Malpede

20 August 2012

Seth Baumrin and Karen Malpede chat about why theatre matters to Criminal Justice students.

On Being a So-Called Political Playwright
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On Being a So-Called Political Playwright

1 March 2012

Karen Malpede discusses the necessity for true political theater in the United States.