Of Rape and Strike In 2008 we decided to participate in the global VDay initiative created by Eve Ensler. Bringing together over 40 US and international students, community members and theatre artists we created 6 events throughout the city which brought
Politics and Art I remember, several years ago, I had a student in Creative Campus named Georges. Georges was from Egypt and studying international law at the European University in Florence. He wasn't an artist. But he was curious and passionate
"Art is the strongest reason that man has to being on the planet." Stefano Massini, playwright of Act 1: A Stubborn Woman: a theatrical memorandum on Anna Politkovksaya sat down with Actress Carolina Gamini in Florence. Since the video is in
Our supporters and partners are invaluable to the work of The Global Theatre Project and beyond. If we had a nickel for every wonderful deed or talent donated, there would be no need to fund-raise! From the very beginning, The
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
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
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
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
