
Conversation on the life and work of Herbert Blau. Invited guests include Elin Diamond, Joe Roach, Jackson Phippen, Denise Koch, Chris Fisher, Ruth Malezcech, and Bonnie Marranca.
Heiner Müller, a German (formerly East German) dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director, was once described as “the theatre’s greatest living poet” since Samuel Beckett and is known as one of the most important dramatists of the 20th century after Bertolt Brecht.
Join us for an evening with Harvey Lichtenstein, the internationally recognized driving force behind the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Join us for an evening with theatre historian Mel Gordon (UC Berkeley) to re-discover Shakespeare productions on the avant-garde Soviet stage from 1924-1935.
Operating at the juncture of theater, performance, film and fine arts, Akademia Ruchu (the Academy of Movement), has been the sounding board of Poland’s political life since its establishment in 1973 in Warsaw.
A celebration of the carnivalistic and provocative work created by Arrabal, Performa and CUNY’s Segal Center will host an evening at the Bowery Poetry Club, featuring poetry, cabaret interventions, and impromptu performances, as part of Performa 13.
Screenings will include Arrabal’s films The Emperor of Peru; Adieu, Babylone!; Le Cimetière de Voitures; El Árbol de Guernica; J’irai Comme un Cheval Fou, and Viva la Muerte! Presented in collaboration with Spain Culture New York-Consulate General of Spain and Performa as part of Performa 13.
We regret that Fernando Arrabal is unable to join us due to health complications. Instead, we will screen his 1971 film Viva la Muerte! at 6:30pm.
“After the Show” looks at both persistent concepts and institutional forces that produce a constrained vision of theatre’s rightful domain and form. The event stages discussions about practices, both real and fictive, that challenge the model of “the show”. Join us for the afternoon symposium.
Join us for part 2 of the look into transgressive theatre.
The performance combines elements of a theatrical vocabulary with Knowles’s delicately patterned texts to create a scenography that extends the structured logic observed throughout his two and three-dimensional practice into a performative domain.
A central force in cabaret theatre, the cooperative theatre movement, and feminist theatre in Italy, she authored works that were translated into many languages. This tribute will include short readings in English and videos selected from Rame’s many feminist monologues.
Join us for an afternoon of screenings!
An evening panel with Anna Koos and Eva Buchmuller from Squat. Also invited are Judith Halasz, Eszter Balint, Boris Major, Rebecca Major, Simon Daillie and Cora Fisher – Squat’s second generation.
In light of the George Zimmerman’s acquittal, The New Black Fest commissioned a diverse group of playwrights to write 10-minute plays reflecting on the tragedy of Trayvon Martin’s death.
The event will feature mixed media from past productions of her work, as well as readings and glimpses of works-in-progress, followed by a discussion with Shira Milikowsky (Director; Artistic Associate, ART) and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (Director of New Play Development at Victory Gardens), and others.
In response to the recent Supreme Court decision striking down a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act in the ACLU’s Windsor case, the Segal Center will present Lillian Hellman’s play The Children’s Hour interspersed with dramatic reinterpretations of one of the first court cases to focus on the censorship of gay and lesbian content in literature and art.
Todd London will be joined by a group of artistic directors who forged their own theatre in New York to discuss the citywide impact of their work. Participants include Oskar Eustis (Public Theater), Kristin Marting (HERE Arts Center), Rosalba Rolon (Pregones), Mia Yoo (La MaMa), and Jonathan McCrory (The Movement Theatre Company).
October 16, 2013
Celebrating the Life and Work of Herbert Blau (3:00pm Screenings)
Co-founder of the legendary San Francisco Actor’s Workshop (1952-65), Blau introduced American audiences to the playwrights of the European avant garde, including Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, and Harold Pinter.