When I was at Syracuse University we had a week of nuclear awareness events. There were lectures, there were discussions and films. I remember one night I watched ‘The War Game,’ a British drama-documentary filmed in 1965 dramatizing the effect
"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
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
Evo-lu-tion: A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form. There is a lot that theatre can do. But I believe, at its best, theatre can evoke evolution in society. And, at this
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
"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
AN UPDATE ON OUR FRIENDS FROM THE BELARUS FREE THEATRE: Early in 2011 the national and international theatrical community rallied together behind the Belarus Free Theatre as they struggled to find a way to not only continue their powerful work in
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
