Martine Dennewald highlights the many artists retrieving ideas from the past to embed them in their artistic practices. She poses ideas that arts programmers need to be carrying forward into the future.
Daniel Alexander Jones draws evidence from the archive as an offering to our current crossroads, sharing insights about story as a means of connection and a matter of consciousness.
Shayok Misha Chowdhury shares a story about the creation of their show Rheology, and how that process highlighted the value in making space for the unimaginable to occur.
Join us for a World Voices reading of Yuchewahkenh (Bitter) by Vickie Ramirez of the Tuscarora Nation, an Iroquoian-speaking First Nations people of the Northeastern Woodlands in Canada and the United States.
Watch Me Work, facilitated by Suzan-Lori Parks, is a virtual communal work session for nurturing creativity. Hosted by the Public Theater, these Zoom and HowlRound livestream sessions are accessible worldwide, allowing participants to join from home, school, or anywhere with internet access.
This year’s Under the Radar Symposium featured three keynotes, a dozen provocative presentations, and a generative roundtable session all led by artists. Ashley Malafronte reports on the day’s activities, highlighting the ways artists called participants to center innovation, listening, and care.
The Apartheid Free Zone (AFZ) campaign is a form of nonviolent action aimed to end complicity with apartheid Israel. In this interview, Theater Workers for a Ceasefire joins representatives of the first three AFZ theatres to discuss the role of theatre in the international struggle for peace and justice.
Watch Me Work, facilitated by Suzan-Lori Parks, is a virtual communal work session for nurturing creativity. Hosted by the Public Theater, these Zoom and HowlRound livestream sessions are accessible worldwide, allowing participants to join from home, school, or anywhere with internet access.
On 27 April 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with theatre and film director, video and sound artist, and performing arts curator Brian Rogers. He is the co-founder and artistic executive director of Queens’ The Chocolate Factory Theater.
Written in 1907, Cassandra reimagines the fall of Troy through the eyes of a prophetess cursed by Apollo to never be believed. Lesya Ukrainka’s fearless drama resonates clearly with today’s battles over propaganda, war, and truth.
Romina Paula will direct excerpts of her new play Shadows, of course (Sombras, por supuesto), a translation-in-progress by April Sweeney and Brenda Werth. Followed by a panel with artists and presenters.
Watch Me Work, facilitated by Suzan-Lori Parks, is a virtual communal work session for nurturing creativity. Hosted by the Public Theater, these Zoom and HowlRound livestream sessions are accessible worldwide, allowing participants to join from home, school, or anywhere with internet access.
On 20 April 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with multi-hyphenates Purva Bedi and Mariana Newhard. Both are acclaimed writer performers who have worked in theatre, film, and TV.
On 13 April 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the award-winning director and founder and artistic director of Elevator Repair Service, one of the most acclaimed experimental theatre companies in New York City.
Trauma, Memory, and Contemporary Opera in the Work of Kaija Saariaho
Tuesday 7 April 2026
New York City
A conversation with librettist and dramaturg Aleksi Barrière about the upcoming 2026 Metropolitan Opera United States premiere of Innocence, the final opera by the late Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, Barrière's mother.
A party around a piano. Curated chaos. A spontaneous cabaret. With Lance Horne behind the piano and a roster of co-hosts, surprise guests, and whoever’s in the audience that night, you never know what the evening could turn into. Anything can happen on a Monday!
On 6 April 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the incomparable performance artist and cabaret singer Joey Arias. Joey is also a published author, comedian, stage persona, and film actor.
Watch Me Work, facilitated by Suzan-Lori Parks, is a virtual communal work session for nurturing creativity. Hosted by the Public Theater, these Zoom and HowlRound livestream sessions are accessible worldwide, allowing participants to join from home, school, or anywhere with internet access.
On 30 March 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the awe-inspiring, award-winning composer and performer Heather Christian, who was most recently recognized with a MacArthur Fellowship.
Milo Rau and Servane Dècle’s “Theatre of the Real” documentary play examines the Gisèle Pelicot case in a four-hour afternoon performance with readings of documents retracing and examining this historic trial and its fight to end violence against women.
Marina and Nabra take a sweeping look at thirty years of Middle Eastern, North African, and Southwest Asian theatre in the United States—from Golden Thread’s founding in 1996 to a growing ecosystem of bold, community-rooted companies shaping the American stage through urgency, artistry, and refusal.
A discussion about the creation and development of The Pelicot Trial: Tribute to Gisèle Pelicot in collaboration with the Pelicot family’s lawyers, the court, psychological experts, legal commentators, witnesses, and feminist organizations.
Watch Me Work, facilitated by Suzan-Lori Parks, is a virtual communal work session for nurturing creativity. Hosted by the Public Theater, these Zoom and HowlRound livestream sessions are accessible worldwide, allowing participants to join from home, school, or anywhere with internet access.
