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Partner Festivals

December 6, 2015

Over the last 10 years, The Lab has contributed to a number of Festivals in partner with other organizations. Read more about our inter-organizational work and participation below. … MORE

In this re-imagining of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, award-winning Iraqi-American playwright, performer, and Think Tank member Heather Raffo (9 Parts of Desire) examines the iconic play from a Middle Eastern perspective, … MORE

Ping Chong + Company’s Beyond Sacred: Voices of Muslim Identity

December 4, 2015

Beyond Sacred, written by Lab Think Tank member Ping Chong and Sara Zatz, with Ryan Conarro in collaboration with the performers, is an interview-based theatre production exploring the diverse experiences of Muslim communities within New York City. … MORE

Portal

April 20, 2015

Portals enable individuals to come face-to-face with participants – full body – in a partner city across the world, conversing live as if in the same room. … MORE

Photo of Generation (Why)Y co-director Asif Majid

Generation (Wh)Y: Global Voices on Stage

April 1, 2015

Generation (Wh)Y was an intimate live performance that moved through multiple spaces exploring real experiences from global voices and the poetry of everyday life. This immersive theatrical experience of innovative multi-media performances resulted from year-long dialogue and encounters between Georgetown students and youth from Egypt, … MORE

Photo of Devika Ranjan and Georgetown Student Dance Partners

Amrika Chalo (Destination: USA)

January 1, 2015

Written and directed by one of Pakistan’s most celebrated artists, this hilarious send-up of US-Pakistani relations set in the Visa Office at the US Embassy in Islamabad explodes stereotypes through satire. … MORE

Voices Unheard: Syria: The Trojan Women Summit

September 1, 2014

The Lab was scheduled to host this internationally celebrated production of Syria: The Trojan Women, performed by an extraordinary group of women refugees forced to flee their homes in Syria, … MORE

Laterna Magika’s Anticodes

December 1, 2013

Laterna Magika’s classic and typical use of film footage is replaced in Anticodes by projection and sounds from live sources. The production introduced real-time tracking to Laterna Magika, … MORE

Freedom Theatre’s The Island

September 1, 2013

This classic South African apartheid-era drama, inspired by a true story, is set in a prison and revolves around a cellmate who is soon to be released, and another who is serving a life sentence. … MORE

Joshua Roman, Anna Deavere Smith, Secretary Madeleine Albright, and Ambassador Cynthia Schneider.

On Grace

March 1, 2013

Celebrated playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith and acclaimed cellist Joshua Roman participated in a residency with The Lab centered around the continued development of the work On Grace. … MORE

Photo from Convening on Global Performance, Civic Imagination, and Civic Diplomacy

Convening on Global Performance, Civic Imagination, and Cultural Diplomacy

June 5, 2012

The Lab hosted an invited convening, supported by the Georgetown University Reflective Engagement in the Public Interest Grant, featured more than 75 theater artists, policymakers, government officials, activists, cultural leaders, … MORE

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