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Events Spring '09
Esther Kyung-ju Chae
Photo by Jared Asato
US Theatre 3/23-6/22
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.
Ang Gey Pin
Photo by M. Zakrzewksi
International/World Theatre 3/5-7/27
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.
Beyond Bollywood
and Broadway
Publications for the Theatre 6/15-8/12
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.
Heaven
Photo courtesy of the Artists
PEN World Voices Festival 4/29-5/2
Since 2007, the Center has joined with PEN World Voices, the New York Festival of International Literature, to present events in the context of PEN's on-going commitment to "advance literature, defend free expression, and foster international literary fellowship."
Aaron Landsman’s Open House
Photo Courtesy of the Artist
Site-Specific Performance Symposium 5/14-5/16
In recent years, there has been a surge in the use of non-conventional theatre spaces for performance, from empty garages to automobiles, to underground tunnels, to pools and empty warehouses. Since 2006 the Center has presented in collaboration with Bertie Ferdman, a CUNY Ph.D. student in theatre, a symposium on site-specific theatre, providing an exceptional roster of international artists in conversation about the challenges and excitement of site-specific theatre