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.
Upcoming Events › Fall 2013
October 24, 2013
A Reading of Heiner Müller’s Anatomy Titus Fall of Rome
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.
October 28, 2013
Celebrating María Irene Fornés
Cuban-American avant-garde playwright and director María Irene Fornés (born May 14, 1930) is closely associated with the establishment of the Off-Off-Broadway movement in the 1960s. Fornés’ work focuses on the themes of poverty and feminism.
November 4, 2013
Changing Brooklyn: The Impact of BAM
Join us for an evening with Harvey Lichtenstein, the internationally recognized driving force behind the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
November 6, 2013
Mel Gordon: Shakespeare on the Experimental Russian Stage
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.
November 6, 2013
Akademia Ruchu: Chinese Lesson / Chińska Lekcja
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.
November 10, 2013
The Surrealist Café (at Bowery Poetry Club)
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.
November 11, 2013
SCREENINGS: The Films of Fernando Arrabal
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.
November 11, 2013
SCREENING: Arrabal’s Viva la Muerte!
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.
November 14, 2013
Kroeber + Camp: After the Show
“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.
November 14, 2013
Kroeber + Camp: After the Show
Join us for part 2 of the look into transgressive theatre.
November 23, 2013
The Sundance Kid is Beautiful with Christopher Knowles (at Whitebox Art Center). Nov 23 & 24.
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.
November 25, 2013
A Tribute to Franca Rame
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.
December 2, 2013
SCREENING: The Legacy of Squat Theatre: Budapest + New York
Join us for an afternoon of screenings!
December 2, 2013
The Legacy of Squat Theatre: Budapest + New York.
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.
December 5, 2013
Facing Our Truth: Short Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege
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.
December 9, 2013
We are Proud to Present… An Evening with Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury
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.
December 12, 2013
The Censorship of Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour
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.
December 18, 2013
An Ideal Theater for an Ideal City, with Author Todd London
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.