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event poster for a pre show conversation on the defiance of dandelions.
The Defiance of Dandelions Pre-Show Talk
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The Defiance of Dandelions Pre-Show Talk

Featuring Michele Seymour, Philana Imade Omorotionmwan, and Lauren Turner Hines

Friday 2 June 2023
New Orleans, Louisiana

This pre-show discussion was facilitated by Michele Seymour of Project Butterfly New Orleans, Playwright, Philana Omorotionmwan, and Producing Artistic Director of No Dream Deferred, Lauren Turner Hines. They address important themes and takeaways that were present in The Defiance of Dandelions.

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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Darrel Alejandro Holnes
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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Darrel Alejandro Holnes

An AfroLatine-Led Playwriting Series Featuring Writers/Theatremakers from Across the United States

Thursday 1 June 2023
United States

The AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour is an incredible opportunity to learn from AfroLatine-led playwrights and theatremakers from all corners of the United States. With a wealth of experience, they will share their writing practices, experiences, and insightful anecdotes on the process, inspiration, and practices of dramatic writing. Live human-edited captions and American Sign Language (ASL) will be available for all live sessions, and human-edited closed captions will available on the archival video.

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Indigenous Languages: Memory, Poetry, and Music
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Indigenous Languages: Memory, Poetry, and Music

A Safe Havens Freedom Talk

Tuesday 30 May 2023
Mexico City

The power of language, memory, and creativity are intertwined in this performance featuring readings of poetry written in Zoque, Tzotzil, and Spanish accompanied by music composed and arranged by musicians from the Chiapanec culture, an extinct language but one that continues to manifest itself culturally in rituals and festive practices.

Portraits of  Julia Varley and Eugenio Barba.
A Conversation with Eugenio Barba and Julia Varley / Odin Teatret
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A Conversation with Eugenio Barba and Julia Varley / Odin Teatret

Theatre as Politics by Other Means: Floating Islands, Transit Next Forum, and the Magdalena Project

Tuesday 30 May 2023
New York City

Join us for a talk with Eugenio Barba and Julia Varley about their current projects, including the 2022 Living Archive Floating Islands project, conceived by Eugenio, which will be installed this year at the Bernardini Library in Lecce, Italy, and Transit Next Forum—Theatre and Women, a collective created by Julia to raise opportunities for women in theatre and increase the awareness of women’s contribution to contemporary theatre.

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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Josefina Báez
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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Josefina Báez

An AfroLatine-Led Playwriting Series Featuring Writers/Theatremakers from Across the U.S.

Thursday 25 May 2023
United States

The AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour is an incredible opportunity to learn from AfroLatine-led playwrights and theatremakers from all corners of the United States. With a wealth of experience, they will share their writing practices, experiences, and insightful anecdotes on the process, inspiration, and practices of dramatic writing. Live human-edited captions and American Sign Language (ASL) will be available for all live sessions, and human-edited closed captions will available on the archival video.

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Suzan-Lori Parks’ Watch Me Work
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Suzan-Lori Parks’ Watch Me Work

A Playwriting Masterclass

Monday 22 May 2023
New York City

Watch Me Work is a performance piece, a meditation on the artistic process, and an actual work session featuring Suzan-Lori Parks working on her newest writing project. Traditionally hosted on the mezzanine of the Public Theater Lobby, this version will bring the program to your home via Zoom sessions and HowlRound livestreams.

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Plenary with Erika Dickerson-Despenza
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Plenary with Erika Dickerson-Despenza

We Will Dream: New Works Festival

Friday 19 May 2023
New Orleans, Louisiana

2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist Erika Dickerson-Despenza speaks at the André Callioux Center for the We Will Dream: New Works Festival.

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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Rachel Lynett
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AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour with Rachel Lynett

An AfroLatine-Led Playwriting Series Featuring Writers/Theatremakers from Across the United States

Thursday 18 May 2023
United States

The AfroLatine Superfriends Playwriting Hour is an incredible opportunity to learn from AfroLatine-led playwrights and theatremakers from all corners of the United States. With a wealth of experience, they will share their writing practices, experiences, and insightful anecdotes on the process, inspiration, and practices of dramatic writing. Live human-edited captions and American Sign Language (ASL) will be available for all live sessions, and human-edited closed captions will available on the archival video.

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A Conversation on Anti-Racism
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A Conversation on Anti-Racism

An Evening to Discuss Findings, Resources, and Questions that Arose from the Research of the Student Anti-Racism Committee

Thursday 18 May 2023
New York City

Join us for an evening with the PhD students from the theatre department and others at the GC CUNY to share, reflect, and discuss findings, resources, and questions that arose in three years of research during the time of COVID for the student anti-racism committee. Topics will include theory and pedagogy, history and practices, plays, anti-racism trainings, CUNY resources, and outside organizations and resources.

Portrait of Marion Peter Holt.
Memorial: Marion Peter Holt
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Memorial: Marion Peter Holt

An Evening Remembering the Late Professor of Theatre, Author, and Translator Marion Peter Holt

Monday 15 May 2023
New York City

Join us for an evening remembering the late professor of theatre, author, and translator Marion Peter Holt, professor emeritus (theatre, Graduate Center, and Spanish, College of Staten Island). Marion helped to spread knowledge of Catalan and Spanish drama throughout the United States and the world.