In 2013 I commissioned work by playwrights living in Italy and the US to respond to the question of whether or not, in the world in which we live today, immigrants could cross borders, for whatever reason, as explorer’s of
Reading Erich Fromm - The Heart of Man - are we wolves or are we sheep or are we both or are we neither. Imprisoned Americans returned and it’s a call to war, American soldiers captured for 24 hours and it’s a call
"An Explorer's Desire" which we did in 2013 in Los Angeles and Florence, Italy was originally conceived to demonstrate that immigration is not a 'local problem' but a common issue filled with one deeply specific human story after another. There
For years I have been looking for a mentor for my work. I always knew and believed that those who have gone ahead of us — walked the path, fought the dragons, built their armor, found their heart — were
As terrorists destroy not only human life, but the cultural history of, in essence, all humanity, there is only one thing that comes to my mind. Which is that we must fight warriors with Warriorship. Because we are at war in
I have begun a collaboration with Human Rights attorney and professor of Sydney University, Rita Shackel. Her work has, for many years, focused on sexual gender-based violence in the conflict zones of Uganda, DRC and Kenya. We began exploring this
Recently I have come to understand something. About my work and my approach to The Global Theatre Project. And I feel it is important because it connects to how we will continue in the future, how we will approach educating
In 2010 and 2011 we did a play about Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya written by Stefano Massini. It spoke to her experience in reporting the events of the Russian-Chechen conflict non-biasedly and the result being that she was murdered for
I am newly arrived in New York. The city of my birth. And an energy I have not lived in for over 25 years. But I am home. I know I am home because within days I was sitting on
When I think of the events we have done in the past years and their focus: violence against women, human rights abuses, censorship, violence against journalists, freedom of expression, Russia, Belarus, Congo, Chechnya, I know we have touched people to
