Video Archive

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.

This performance of THIS USED TO BE GAY / below 14th Street is followed by a case study on archiving the living interdisciplinary performing artist.

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.

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. 

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 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.

In this panel discussion, we unpack how a more inclusive canon could radically change the future of the theatre, and the histories we present to the world.

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.

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.

Part of NETWeek Chicago, this public conversation brings together Black women who direct, devise, and lead in Chicago, and is in partnership with artEquity, Culture Change Lab, HowlRound, League of Chicago Theatres, Theatre Communications Group, (X) Collective, and more.