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State of Mind Workshop

State of Mind National Institute

Date: June 24-26, 2026 10 am - 5 pm
Led by Lab Creative Core Member Michael Rohd
State of Mind has toured Montana for 18 months, inspiring national interest from theaters, universities, and health coalitions to create this 3-day Summer Institute. It tackles stigma, amplifies youth voices, and builds innovative strategies for community care. Developed by University of Montana's Co-Lab for Civic Imagination and Montana Repertory Theatre, co-hosted by The Art of Care Initiative at The Lab.

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Watch the Recording: Oedipus Project

The Lab is thrilled to continue building upon its partnership with The Earth Commons- Georgetown’s Institute for Environment & Sustainability and Theater of War Productions. The Oedipus Project premiered at Georgetown University last month as part of DC Climate Week 2026.

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Writing through change: The power of creative literature according to the Lannan Center

“What is the use of telling stories that aren’t even true?” asked actress Surasree Das, as she plays Haroun in Salman Rushdie’s book Haroun and the Sea of Stories. … MORE

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Jesse Eisenberg and Dr. Anthony Fauci Headlined The Oedipus Project at Georgetown’s Gaston Hall

Theater of War Productions brought its dramatic reading and facilitated dialogue model to Georgetown on April 21, launching a new multi-year partnership. Jesse Eisenberg and Dr. Anthony Fauci headlined a live dramatic reading of Sophocles’ … MORE

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Anthony Fauci makes acting debut in Oedipus the King play reading in DC

Jesse Eisenberg and Chuck Schumer also star – could 2,500-year-old play teach US something about the climate crisis?

Visit the article to know more about Oedipus. … MORE

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The Horse of Jenin by Alaa Shehada

THE LABORATORY FOR GLOBAL POLITICS & PERFORMANCE AND STUDIO THEATRE PRESENT SCREENINGS OF THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL HIT THE HORSE OF JENIN BY PALESTINIAN ARTIST ALAA SHEHADA

Studio Theatre, … MORE

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Protest on Parade: The Unity, Ritual, and Joy of Carnival

By Ersian François

This post offers a glimpse into the process, imagery, and questions that shaped Protest on Parade:The Unity, Ritual, and Joy of Carnival, … MORE

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Truth-telling, Performance, and the Art of Getting Things Done

On November 12, we gathered for “Truth-telling, Performance, and the Art of Getting Things Done: Innovating Responses to the Forced Deportation of Ukrainian Children by Russia,” a powerful conversation on one of the most urgent crises of our time. … MORE

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My Journey with The Art of Care

This blog is created by Raghad Makhlouf, edited by Natalie Liliensiek.

Raghad Makhlouf is an Associate Director for the Lab’s Art of Care initiative, … MORE

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Taking Care, Taking Risks

Featuring Creative Core member Dijana Milosevic and four Global Fellows from across cohorts.

Ada Mukhina sits down with global artists and theatremakers—Kiyo Gutiérrez from Mexico, Teddy Mangawa from Zimbabwe, … MORE

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“That is why I think this effort that The Lab is doing today is so critical…the power of performance, the power of storytelling, and the power of narrative, are absolutely essential. In my mind, they are some of the only things that can actually have an influence on the political dialogue in this very, very peculiar moment in the politics of the United States and Europe.”

Joel Hellman

Dean of Georgetown School of Foreign Service

“The Lab brings policy experts, employees from the State Department and embassies, American and global theater practitioners, students, and community members that can speak firsthand to the experiences you’re depicting on stage all in the same room-commenting and asking questions of your piece. There is no place besides The Lab that can create a conversation on a play like this. It was invaluable.”

Heather Raffo

Playwright and Lab Think Tank Member

“[The Lab’s] goal is to put a human face on global politics…The nuts and bolts of it is to put people in a room from wildly diverse beliefs, political postures, cultural identities, and have them reckon with these issues that impact millions of lives today.”

David Strathairn

Jan Karski in Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski

At a time characterized by polarization and distrust, the need for approaches that humanize others through narrative and empathy has never been greater. The Lab is dependent on outside funding in order to make our work possible.

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