The series is curated and hosted by the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics and the Center for International Theater Development.
Events were documented as articles on HowlRound:
- Stories, Seeds, Survivance with Fidaa Ataya (Palestine) and Dovie Thomason (Lakota/Kiowa/Apache)
- How Ukrainian Playwrights Are Defending Culture with Andrii Bondarenko (Ukraine), Iryna Harets (Ukraine), and Laura Cahill (U.S.)
- How Performing Arts Help to Heal with Sonya Armaghanyan (Armenia), Wesley Ruzibiza (Rwanda), and Sebastián Torres
- Mothers, Migrants, Artists with Jasmin Cardenas (U.S.), Caroline Hatem (Lebanon), Marta Górnicka (Poland), and Sophia Skiles
- Theatre as Civic Imagination with Coya Paz (U.S.), Irina Kruzhilina (U.S./Russia), and Michael Rohd (U.S.)
- Taking Care, Taking Risks moderated by Ada Mukhina with Kiyo Gutiérrez, Teddy Mangawa, Dijana Milošević, and Trà Nguyễn
- The Government Took Over Their University. Here’s How These Students Fought Back. with Todd London and László Upor
- Why Soft Power is Not So Soft with Lab Co-founding Director, Ambassador Cynthia Schneider
Fall Series 2025
Event Details
Writing in a War Zone: How Ukrainian Playwrights Are Defending Culture
With Iryna Harets, Andrii Bondarenko & Laura Cahill
Beyond Crisis - How Performing Arts Help to Heal
With Sonya Armaghanyan & Wesley Ruzibiza
Migrants, Mothers, and Artists
With Jasmin Cardenas, Marta Górnicka & Caroline Hatem. Translated by Sophia Skiles
Theater as Civic Imagination
With Michael Rohd and the U.S. Arts Leaders
Truth-telling, Performance, and the Art of Getting Things Done
With George Brant, Mykola Kuleba & Katya Pavlevych
The Art of Care for Children in Adversity and Those Who Serve Them
Facilitated by Raghad Makhlouf, with Gillian Huebner and Emma Jaster
Spring Series 2025
Event Details
Movement as a Site of Resistance
In-person workshop with Samwel Japhet & Tanvi Hegade
Stories, Seeds, and Survivance
Online workshop with Fidaa Ataya & Dovie Thomason
Why Soft Power is Not So Soft; Artists as Changemakers
A (pep) talk with Ambassador Cynthia Schneider
Goddesses, Caution Tape & Torches: The Joys of Theatrical Resistance
A conversation with Laszlo Upor & Todd London
Taking Care, Taking Risks
Panel discussion moderated by Global Fellow Ada Mukhína, with Kiyo Gutiérrez, Teddy Mangawa, Dijana Milošević, and Trà Nguyễn
Spring Series Facilitators
Fall Series Facilitators
This series is presented by The Center for International Theater Development & The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics in partnership with The Horizons Project.
The two live sessions, “Truth Telling, Performance, and the Art of Getting Things Done” and “The Art of Care for Children in Adversity and Those Who Serve Them” are presented in partnership with The Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues.
