On September 11, 2001 a horror happened on US soil which, in my observation, did two particular things. It woke us up and it closed us in. I watched back then as the extremity of positions were identified and then held
In my last post I spoke about the challenges of Italian doors and the lessons they provide for that initial moment when we are facing the unknown of a new culture. The step just after we must 'observe the door'
We just completed our 8 week collaboration with the University of Texas on our Global Voices project in Florence, Italy. For the work of The GTP, Italy could not be a more perfect entryway for honing and perfecting the processes and
Originally Posted at www.tcgcircle.org by Aya Ogawa I’ve been asked by many people what the situation in Japan is like now and how it is affecting artists there. As a New York-based theatre artist with many ties to Japan and former TCG
On February 25th we held an event in support of Belarus Free Theatre and a free belarus. However it was also an opportunity to invite those present to join the 'movement' which is The Global Theatre Project by becoming a
On the eve of another attack on the NEA, I felt it important to share an easy assessment of the facts. Brian Seitel created this simple breakdown of how the NEA’s current budget compares to our median income. Please consider
[originally posted at www.culturalweekly.com] As we watch the live feed from Cairo’s Tahrir Square, I am brought back to similar scenes last December, as the capital of Belarus erupted in protests against a presidential election that international observers said was falsified.
The following is my response to a call for action from Americans for the Arts. You can do the same by going here: http://capwiz.com/artsusa/issues/alert/?alertid=13209311 Dear Representative, As the State of the Union address ends tonight I am heartened with the hope that
The more I think about theatre, the more I find myself asking what theatre truly is. I am more and more sure we will only know this when we understand the scope of what theatre, truly, can do. Essentially, theatre must
The theatre is the last forum where idealism is still an open question: many audiences all over the world will answer positively from their own experience that they have seen the face of the invisible through an experience on the
