The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center's primary focus is to bridge the gap between the academic and professional performing arts communities by providing an open environment for the development of educational, community-driven, and professional projects in the performing arts. As a result, MESTC is home to theatre scholars, students, playwrights, actors, dancers, directors, dramaturgs, and performing arts managers, as well as both the local and international theatre communities. The Center presents staged readings to further the development of new and classic plays, lecture series, televised seminars featuring professional and academic luminaries, and arts in education programs.
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Marina Abramovic
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PreludeNYC '09 9/30-10/3
Presented by the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY, the sixth-annual Prelude Festival celebrates the explorers and visionaries of NYC’s theatre and performance scene.
The Brothers Size
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US Theatre 10/19-12/15
Theatre in the United States is as various as the country's people. Recognizing that diversity wears many faces, MESTC organizes readings, performances, and panels that address the question of how artists make theatre in this country.
Pina Bausch
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Tanztheater Wuppertal
International/World Theatre 10/5-12/14
Providing opportunities for people to learn and communicate about varieties of art and culture, the Center's world theatre programs bring contemporary theatre to the fore, while acknowledging the traditions of the past.
Playwrights Before the Fall
Publications for the Theatre 11/16
As a publisher, the Center supports and celebrates publishing for the theatre, presenting new anthologies and hosting book launches as part of its ongoing commitment to theatre and text.