The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival Professional Symposium

The Public Theater in New York City presented the Under the Radar Festival Professional Symposium and the Culturebot: Scanning the Landscape Roundtable Conversations livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 14 January to Sunday 17 January. 

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The Under the Radar Professional Symposium focuses on the global issues of producing and presenting theatre. The two-day event features keynote speakers, a chance to see performances in a concentrated period of time, and formal and informal opportunities to meet colleagues and new artists. The symposium, geared towards presenters and producers, is a pre-conference event of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) and is held in conjunction with the APAP|NYC 2016 conference.

Under the Radar and Culturebot present a series of roundtable conversations on the most current and compelling ideas at work in the field of contemporary theatre and the conditions in which it is being made.

Join leading practitioners, thinkers, and supporters of cutting edge theatre for lively discussions on the state of the field and what the future might hold.

Livestream Schedule:

Thursday 14 January
Symposium Plenary
9:30 a.m. EST (New York) / 8:30 a.m. CST (Chicago) / 6:30 a.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 14:30 GMT (London)
Welcome by Mark Russell and Meiyin Wang, Festival Co-Directors
Mario Garcia Durham, President and CEO, Association of Performing Arts Presenters

Keynote Address by Jeff Chang, Author of Who We Be: The Colorization of America, and Executive Director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University.

Closing Session
12:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 11:30 a.m. CST (Chicago) / 9:30 a.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 17:30 GMT (London)
Remarks by Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, The Public Theater
Short Performance by The Bengsons

Saturday 16 January
UTR/Culturebot Roundtable Conversation: Assembly Required: New Media, New Dramaturgies
12 p.m. EST (New York) / 11 a.m. CST (Chicago) / 9 a.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 17:00 GMT

Many contemporary theatremakers use multiple technologies in their studio practice. Editing sound and video in real time, programming light, sound, and video cues, cutting, pasting, and interpolating found and original texts, choreography, and even data visualization are part of the theatremaking process and ever-expanding toolkit. Pioneering director Marianne Weems and renowned scholar Shannon Jackson’s new book on the history of The Builders Association will serve as the starting point for a panel discussion with Lars Jan, André M. Zachery and others.

Sunday 17 January
UTR/Culturebot Roundtable Conversation: Destroyer of Worlds
12 p.m. EST (New York) / 11 a.m. CST (Chicago) / 9 a.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 17:00 GMT

How does theatre create and destroy worlds on stage? Join UTR artists Janani Balasubramanian, Abigail Browde, Guillermo Calderón, Michael Silverstone, and Alok Vaid-Menon and members of NYC's theatre community in an open conversation about what it means to devise and construct new worlds onstage, and how visiting these worlds—as artists or audience—destroy, resurrect, or transform our lived experience of this world.

About Under the Radar
Over the last 12 years, The Public’s Under the Radar Festival has presented over 194 companies from 40 countries. It has grown into a landmark of the New York City theatre season and is a vital part of The Public's mission, providing a high-visibility platform to support artists from diverse backgrounds who are redefining the act of making theatre. Widely recognized as a premier launching pad for new and cutting-edge performance from the US and abroad, UTR artists provide a snapshot of contemporary theatre: richly distinct in terms of perspectives, aesthetics, and social practice, and pointing to the future of the art form. 

About HowlRound TV

HowlRound TV is a global, commons-based peer produced, open access livestreaming and video archive project stewarded by the nonprofit HowlRound. HowlRound TV is a free and shared resource for live conversations and performances relevant to the world's performing arts and cultural fields. Its mission is to break geographic isolation, promote resource sharing, and to develop our knowledge commons collectively. Participate in a community of peer organizations revolutionizing the flow of information, knowledge, and access in our field by becoming a producer and co-producing with us. Learn more by going to our participate page. For any other queries, email [email protected], or call Vijay Mathew at +1 917.686.3185 Signal/WhatsApp. View the video archive of past events.