Flash Acts
October 8th – October 13th
View the full schedule of virtual productions, panels/forums, and nightly music lounge events and attend the free online festival through the Flash Acts website here.
This one of a kind virtual performance festival brings together twenty brilliant playwrights from the US and Russia, … MORE
October 8th – October 13th
View the full schedule of virtual productions, panels/forums, and nightly music lounge events and attend the free online festival through the Flash Acts website here.
This one of a kind virtual performance festival brings together twenty brilliant playwrights from the US and Russia, … MORE
The Race, 2020
Tuesday, October 20
5:00-6:30pm EST
A Virtual Performance Event Presented by the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, Georgetown University’s Theater and Performance Studies Program and Sojourn Theatre
As we hurtle toward what many are calling the most important election in living memory, The Lab is thrilled to be partnering with Sojourn Theatre and renowned civic-theatre practitioner and Lab Think Tank Member/ Artistic Associate Michael Rohd on this participatory theatrical event that explores critical questions about leadership and democracy through the voices of a diverse chorus of participating citizen-artists. … MORE
Tuesday, October 20
5:00-6:30pm EST
A Virtual Performance Event Presented by the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, Georgetown University’s Theater and Performance Studies Program and Sojourn Theatre
As we hurtle toward what many are calling the most important election in living memory, The Lab is thrilled to be partnering with Sojourn Theatre and renowned civic-theatre practitioner and Lab Think Tank Member/ Artistic Associate Michael Rohd on this participatory theatrical event that explores critical questions about leadership and democracy through the voices of a diverse chorus of participating citizen-artists. … MORE
The Great Work Begins: Revisiting Angels in America During a Pandemic
Oct 27, 2020
5:00-6:30pm EST
This special program of performance and discussion will combine scenes performed by leading professional actors from Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning two-part epic play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes with insights from experts in the medical, political, and artist communities on the legacy and continued resonance of the play’s portrayal of the AIDS epidemic in the context of the current moment. … MORE
Oct 27, 2020
5:00-6:30pm EST
This special program of performance and discussion will combine scenes performed by leading professional actors from Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning two-part epic play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes with insights from experts in the medical, political, and artist communities on the legacy and continued resonance of the play’s portrayal of the AIDS epidemic in the context of the current moment. … MORE
Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski
While the pandemic has postponed planned performances of The Lab’s celebrated original production of Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski, starring Academy Award nominated actor David Strathairn, which had been scheduled for Edinburgh, Spoleto, Poland, McCarter Theater Center, and a run at DC’s Mosaic Theater this Fall, the team is gathering next week in Brooklyn, … MORE
While the pandemic has postponed planned performances of The Lab’s celebrated original production of Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski, starring Academy Award nominated actor David Strathairn, which had been scheduled for Edinburgh, Spoleto, Poland, McCarter Theater Center, and a run at DC’s Mosaic Theater this Fall, the team is gathering next week in Brooklyn, … MORE
Here I Am
Here I Am is a powerful autobiographical performance engaging the continuing legacy of slavery in American life, and offering a deeply personal window into the multifaceted history of an institution that benefited from slavery. Mélisande Short-Colomb, a native of New Orleans, began her studies at Georgetown in 2017 at the age of 63. … MORE
Here I Am is a powerful autobiographical performance engaging the continuing legacy of slavery in American life, and offering a deeply personal window into the multifaceted history of an institution that benefited from slavery. Mélisande Short-Colomb, a native of New Orleans, began her studies at Georgetown in 2017 at the age of 63. … MORE
In Your Shoes
In Your Shoes is a collaborative project of the Laboratory for Global Performance, Georgetown University’s Democracy & Governance program, and undergraduate students from Patrick Henry College and Georgetown University. Its mission is to bring students of diverse backgrounds into dialogue with one another to promote mutual understanding, empathy and respect. Moving beyond the political divide, … MORE
In Your Shoes is a collaborative project of the Laboratory for Global Performance, Georgetown University’s Democracy & Governance program, and undergraduate students from Patrick Henry College and Georgetown University. Its mission is to bring students of diverse backgrounds into dialogue with one another to promote mutual understanding, empathy and respect. Moving beyond the political divide, … MORE
CrossCurrents
The next
CrossCurrents
festival
will take place
March – May, 2022
CrossCurrents is a city-wide biennial performing arts festival that highlights innovative artists from around the world who are harnessing the power of performance to humanize global politics. The CrossCurrents festival features a wide range of work at different stages of development and engages conversations around critical topics with policymakers, … MORE
The next
CrossCurrents
festival
will take place
March – May, 2022
CrossCurrents is a city-wide biennial performing arts festival that highlights innovative artists from around the world who are harnessing the power of performance to humanize global politics. The CrossCurrents festival features a wide range of work at different stages of development and engages conversations around critical topics with policymakers, … MORE
I Pledge Allegiance
In July of 2017, The Lab presented the play I Pledge Allegiance, devised and created by Lab Fellow Velani Dibba (SFS ’17), Cristina Ibarra (COL ’17), Lab TrailBlazers Ben Lillian (COL ’18) and Aly Panjwani (SFS ’19), and Lab Fellow Devika Ranjan (SFS ’17), … MORE
In July of 2017, The Lab presented the play I Pledge Allegiance, devised and created by Lab Fellow Velani Dibba (SFS ’17), Cristina Ibarra (COL ’17), Lab TrailBlazers Ben Lillian (COL ’18) and Aly Panjwani (SFS ’19), and Lab Fellow Devika Ranjan (SFS ’17), … MORE
