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World Voices
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World Voices
Displacement Plays from Uganda, Lebanon, West Africa, Haiti and Ukranian Playwrights Project
Monday 13 May 2024
New York City
Femme Middle Eastern and North African Representation in Lebanon and the United States
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Femme Middle Eastern and North African Representation in Lebanon and the United States
by Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Lama El Homaïssi, Sarah Bitar
10 January 2024
I Want to Tell You About Beirut
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I Want to Tell You About Beirut
A Reading of Testimonies and Roundtable Discussion Commemorating the One-Year Mark of the Beirut Port Explosion
Tuesday 3 August 2021
Beirut
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World Voices
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World Voices

Displacement Plays from Uganda, Lebanon, West Africa, Haiti and Ukranian Playwrights Project

Monday 13 May 2024
New York City

Join us for an evening of plays by nine writers who personally experienced displacement, migration, and war. Alongside four thirty-minute pieces, we will hear shorter ten-minute works by five young Ukrainian writers.

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Femme Middle Eastern and North African Representation in Lebanon and the United States
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Femme Middle Eastern and North African Representation in Lebanon and the United States

10 January 2024

This season, we further complicate notions of MENA womanhood by exploring the additional intersection of queerness in femme MENA theatremaking. Two queer Lebanese femme theatremakers based in the United States, Lama El Homaïssi and Sarah Bitar, join us to discuss how intersectional identities show up in their work and life, and the social atmosphere for femme MENA theatre artists in Lebanon and the United States.

I Want to Tell You About Beirut
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Golden Thread
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I Want to Tell You About Beirut

A Reading of Testimonies and Roundtable Discussion Commemorating the One-Year Mark of the Beirut Port Explosion

Tuesday 3 August 2021
Beirut

Golden Thread Productions, Al Madina Theatre, and the Legal Agenda present I Want to Tell You About Beirut livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Tuesday 3 August at 11 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -5) / 1 p.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC -5) / 2 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 18:00 UTC / 9 p.m. EEST (UTC +3).

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Segal Talks with Rabih Mroué (Germany)
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Segal Talks with Rabih Mroué (Germany)

Join us for a conversation about curating, producing and presenting theatre and performance in the Time of Corona

Thursday 12 November 2020
Germany

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented SEGAL TALKS with Rabih Mroué (Germany) livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 12 November 2020 at 9 a.m. PST (San Francisco, UTC -8) / 11 a.m. CST (Chicago, UTC -6) / 12 p.m. EST (New York, UTC -5) / 17:00 GMT (London, UTC +01) / 18:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1).

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A Very Very Very Serious Clown from Lebanon
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A Very Very Very Serious Clown from Lebanon

10 November 2020

Amrita Dhaliwal and Nathaniel Justiniano speak with Lebanese humanitarian clown Sabine Choucair, covering the differences between clowning and bouffon, joining the revolution, environmental work, and more.

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SEGAL TALKS with Dima Mikhayel Matta and Sahar Assaf (Lebanon)
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SEGAL TALKS with Dima Mikhayel Matta and Sahar Assaf (Lebanon)

Daily live online conversations on US and global theatre & performance

Friday 25 September 2020
United States

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented Segal Talks with Dima Mikhayel Matta and Sahar Assaf (Lebanon) livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 25 September 2020 at 9:15 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 11:15 a.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC -5) / 12:15 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 17:00 BST (London, UTC +1) / 18:00 CEST (Berlin, UTC +2).

Dima Mikhayel Matta and Yara Bour Nassar.
SEGAL TALKS: Dima Mikhayel Matta and Yara Bour Nassar
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SEGAL TALKS: Dima Mikhayel Matta and Yara Bour Nassar

An update on the situation for theatre artists in Lebanon

Thursday 30 July 2020
Lebanon

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented SEGAL TALKS: Dima Mikhayel Matta and Yara Bour Nassar livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 30 July 2020 at 9 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 11 a.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC -5) / 12 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 17:00 BST (London, UTC +1) / 18:00 CEST (Berlin, UTC +2).

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Zoukak Theatre Company’s HEAVENS (audio version)
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Zoukak Theatre Company’s HEAVENS (audio version)

Part of BÉZNĂ Theatre's GLOD: Political Theatre as a Civil Right series

Monday 20 July 2020
International

Glod: Political Theatre as a Civil Right presented Zoukak Theatre Company’s HEAVENS (audio version) livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 20 July 2020 at 10 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 1 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 6 p.m. BST (London, UTC +1) / 8 p.m. EEST (Cluj, UTC +3).

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SEGAL TALKS: Sahar Assaf (Lebanon); Dalia Basiouny & Laila Soliman (Egypt)
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SEGAL TALKS: Sahar Assaf (Lebanon); Dalia Basiouny & Laila Soliman (Egypt)

Daily Live Online Conversations with US and Global Theatre Artists

Monday 6 April 2020
New York City

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented SEGAL TALKS: Sahar Assaf (Lebanon); Dalia Basiouny & Laila Soliman (Egypt) livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 6 April 2020 at 9 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC-7) / 11 a.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC-5) / 12 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC-4) / 5 p.m. BST (London, UTC+1).

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Storytelling as an Act of Survival
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Storytelling as an Act of Survival

The Tradition of Hakawati and its Influence on We Live in Cairo

10 December 2019

Lama El Homaïssi reflects on her experience working with American Repertory Theater on their musical We Live in Cairo, diving into representation in storytelling, the oral Hakawati tradition, and more.

Towards Arab Dramaturgies Symposium
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Towards Arab Dramaturgies Symposium

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City

Thursday 27 September 2018
New York, NY, United States

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.

 

Telling Stories
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Telling Stories

An Arab/Arab American Theatre Collaboration

20 May 2018

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.

Contemporary Theatre in Lebanon
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Contemporary Theatre in Lebanon

A panel about Arab theatre, political theatre, dramaturgy and the contributions of women artists, among other topics.

Tuesday 17 October 2017
New York City, NY, United States

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).

Introducing the World Theatre Map Ambassadors
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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
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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
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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.

Conflicts, Ethics, and Aesthetics at IETM Satellite
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Conflicts, Ethics, and Aesthetics at IETM Satellite

Friday 7 October 2016
Beirut, Lebanon

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.

IETM Satellite Beirut
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IETM Satellite Beirut

Thursday 6 October - Sunday 9 October 2016
Beirut, Lebanon

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.

Perspectives on Freedom of Expression in the Euro-Mediterranean Today at IETM Satellite Beirut
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Perspectives on Freedom of Expression in the Euro-Mediterranean Today at IETM Satellite Beirut

Thursday 6 October 2016
Beirut, Lebanon

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.

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

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