When the opportunity arose, in the support of the Belarus Free Theatre, for us to take our model of theatrical international engagement and apply it to essential issues such as human rights and free speech, I knew that I wanted
In thinking about a name for our upcoming event the questions associated with so many aspects of our work kept coming into play. Why are we delving deeply into the development of new creative work at a time like
At the very start of my acting career I remember participating in an anniversary memorial of the Holocaust in Rochester, NY at the GeVa Theatre. I was asked to do it on the theatre's dark night by the Festival Artistic
Building a Bridge Between China and The US In reference to the above blog entry by Bob Eckhart, I saw a few very strongly-worded comments against both China and the efforts of our State Department to make an investment of cultural
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
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
