Lebanon

For the last few years, professor Catherine Coray has been helping create collaboration opportunities for theatre artists in Arab countries and the Americas. Arab Voices: Stories of Palestine is the most recent iteration, and has taken place in New York, Abu Dhabi, and Beirut.

Introducing the World Theatre Map Ambassadors

HowlRound

Theatre Commons

Essay

Introducing the World Theatre Map Ambassadors

14 July 2017

The World Theatre Map beta project has engaged its first cohort of twenty-eight World Theatre Map Ambassadors from twenty-four countries to direct community organizing, outreach, and feedback gathering.

Philoctetes in Jerusalem

Abraham

Benson-Goldberg

Essay

Philoctetes in Jerusalem

The Cost of Growing Up a Soldier

31 January 2017

Abraham Benson-Goldberg discusses Khan Theatre’s production of Philoctetes, examining the intersections of young soldiers, heroism, war, and politics.

No Pictures, Please

Raphael

Khouri

Essay

No Pictures, Please

Queer Theatre in Beirut /

الرجاء النزول لقراءة المقال باللغة العربية

9 October 2016

Raphael Khouri writes about creating a work of queer Arab theatre in secret.

An Opposite is Made Visible by Another /الرجاء النزول لقراءة المقال باللغة العربية

Hanane

Hajj Ali

Essay

An Opposite is Made Visible by Another /

الرجاء النزول لقراءة المقال باللغة العربية

20 September 2016

A prominent theatre figure in Lebanon and the Arab region, Hanane Hajj Ali reflects in this piece on the personal and professional encounters that have made her the free woman she is today.

History of Censorship in Lebanon /الرجاء النزول لقراءة المقال باللغة العربية

Mona

Merhi

Essay

History of Censorship in Lebanon /

الرجاء النزول لقراءة المقال باللغة العربية

20 August 2016

Lebanese writer and advocate Mona Merhi writes about the history of censorship in Lebanon and its current state of play.

Livestreaming the Towards Arab Dramaturgies symposium at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City—Thursday 27 - Friday 28 September 2018

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Livestreaming the Towards Arab Dramaturgies symposium at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City—Thursday 27 - Friday 28 September 2018

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presents the Towards Arab Dramaturgies symposium livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 27 September and Friday 28 September. Follow @HowlRound on Twitter for updates, and use #howlround.

Contemporary Theatre in Lebanon at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City—Tuesday 17 October 2017

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Contemporary Theatre in Lebanon at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City—Tuesday 17 October 2017

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Contemporary Theatre in Lebanon with Sahar Assaf (AUB), Marvin Carlson, Peter Eckersall, and Frank Hentschker livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 17 October at 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).

IETM Satellite Beirut—Thursday 6 October - Sunday 9 October 2016

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IETM Satellite Beirut—Thursday 6 October - Sunday 9 October 2016

IETM—international network for contemporary performing arts—presented a series of conversations from their Satellite Beirut 2016 convening from Beirut, Lebanon livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 6 October through Sunday 9 October.

Conflicts, Ethics, and Aesthetics at IETM Satellite Beirut—Friday 7 October 2016

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Conflicts, Ethics, and Aesthetics at IETM Satellite Beirut—Friday 7 October 2016

IETM—international network for contemporary performing arts—presented a conversation Conflicts, Ethics, and Aesthetics from Beirut, Lebanon on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 7 October at 14:15-15:45 EEST (Beirut, UTC+3) / 13:15-14:45 CEST (Brussels, UTC+2) / 12:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m. BST (London, UTC+1) / 11:15-12:45 UTC (GMT) / 7:15 a.m.-8:45 a.m. EDT (New York). Share your thoughts and join the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtags#ArtsFreedom and #IETMBeirut.

Perspectives on Freedom of Expression in the Euro-Mediterranean Today at IETM Satellite Beirut—Thursday 6 October 2016

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Perspectives on Freedom of Expression in the Euro-Mediterranean Today at IETM Satellite Beirut—Thursday 6 October 2016

IETM—international network for contemporary performing arts—presented a conversation Perspectives on Freedom of Expression in the Euro-Mediterranean Today from Beirut, Lebanon on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Thursday 6 October at 10:00-12:00 EEST (Beirut, UTC+3) / 09:00-11:00 CEST (Brussels, UTC+2) / 8 a.m.-10 a.m. BST (London, UTC+1) / 07:00-09:00 UTC (GMT) / 3 a.m.-5 a.m. EDT (New York). Share your thoughts and join the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtags #ArtsFreedom and #IETMBeirut.