Under the Radar Symposium: A Creative Summit  

The Public Theater in New York City presented the Under the Radar Symposium: A Creative Summit livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 7 January 2021 at 7 a.m. PST (Los Angeles, UTC - 8) / 10 a.m. EST (New York, UTC -5) / 15:00 GMT (London, UTC +0) / 16:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1).

This year the Under the Radar Symposium: A Creative Summit will be completely free for all and online. Convening on 7 January at 10 a.m. EST (New York, UTC -5) for a half day of conversations and panels on the future of the field, the symposium will initiate the conversation between audiences and performances that continues through the festival.

The summit will begin with a keynote speech from spoken-word poet, educator, and performer Marc Bamuthi Joseph, currently the Vice President and Artistic Director of Social Impact at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The summit will also showcase the future work of Tania El Khoury, Héctor Flores Komatsu, Anna Maria Nabirye / Annie Saunders, and Roger Guenveur Smith.

A session entitled “Artists and International Presenting” will end the symposium. Panels, manifestos, and break-out sessions throughout the symposium will explore the challenges facing artists and presenters with an eye to the day when we can experience live performances once again. What will be different? What are the lessons we learned during this time of isolation? What will we keep? What will we change?

Dedication
This year’s Under the Radar Festival is dedicated to Diane Rodriguez. A visionary artist, activist and colleague. Having begun as a performer with Teatro Campesino, Diane became an Associate Artistic Director at the Center Theater Group in Los Angeles and a leader in the Latinx theater movement. She was a true friend and longtime attendee at Under the Radar providing mentorship and guidance in the festival’s artistic development.

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.