The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented the Prelude Festival 2020: Sites of Revolution livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Tuesday 20 October to Friday 30 October 2020.
The festival will bring together artists, critics, activists, and producers from New York City and beyond to explore the many ways in which revolutions are taking place today. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every aspect of life. At the same time, widespread protests—spearheaded by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color—are challenging centuries-old white supremacy, white fragility and settler colonialism. Against the backdrop of this collision between rapid change and obdurate inequity, the repertoire of revolution plays out daily in the streets, on screens, inside classrooms, between loved ones, and in our minds and processes. In tandem, artists have adapted their work in innovative ways, redrawing the boundaries of their art forms and rethinking previously fundamental concepts such as “theatre,” “performance,” “live,” and “time-based.”
In concert with this season of upheavals, Sites of Revolution will offer audiences a free online platform to experience genre-bending productions inspired by this moment of revolution and reckoning. The festival will feature a wide array of new multimedia work created by artists at the forefront of contemporary theatre and performance, as well as a series of panels and other events that put artistic practice in conversation with critical discourse.
The artist lineup for the 2020 Prelude Festival was previously announced but a full schedule including further information about each piece and the artists involved can be found below.
Co-Curated by David Bruin and Miranda Haymon, in collaboration with Frank Hentschker. Presented by the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center (Frank Hentschker, Executive Director).
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