Encounters in Global Performance, offered in Spring 2020, was a course produced in partnership with the Kennedy Center. Co-taught by Derek Goldman and Ijeoma Njaka, this course gave students the opportunity to watch and discuss performances at the intersection of politics and performance. … MORE
This innovative 5-credit course, co-taught by Lab co-director Derek Goldman, Lab Think Tank member Daniel Brumberg, and Professor Cory Grewell of Patrick Henry College, offered students the opportunity to use performance to listen across ideological divides. … MORE
Co-taught by Lab co-director Derek Goldman, playwright Clark Young, and inclusive pedagogy specialist Ijeoma Njaka, ‘Bearing Witness’ was a one-credit course offered in the fall semester of 2020. The course explored the life and legacy of Jan Karski, … MORE
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, … MORE
This special program of performance and discussion combines 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, … MORE
Verge is a new student arts and politics festival, created through the first cohort of student lab fellows for other creative and engaged youth across the globe. … MORE
Join Georgetown’s Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics for a special event honoring the legacy of Jan Karski and its relevance to the current moment.
This event will feature:
Hon. … MORE
Presented as part of
As part of the inaugural CrossCurrents festival, The Lab presented The Gathering, which brought together more than 200 visionary artists from more than 40 countries to celebrate and highlight how their innovative work harnesses the power of performance to address the pressing challenges of our world. … MORE
The opening night of the School of Foreign Service’s Centennial Celebration on November 15th will feature the Lab’s performance of Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski. … MORE
As a part of The Gathering and alongside performances of The Chibok Girls: Our Story by Renegade Theatre, The Lab presented a suite of performances from around the world open with limited availability to the public. … MORE
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. … MORE
The Flash Acts festival premiered in October, but is still live on the Flash Acts website here!
This one of a kind virtual performance festival brings together twenty brilliant playwrights from the US and Russia, … MORE
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