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.
The video archive of The Gathering can be viewed on
HowlRound’s website.
Watch more of The Gathering’s sessions, including the panel “Honoring the Past/Shaping the Future,” Sanctuary City: Preview of Scenes/Reading and Conversation with Playwright Martyna Majok, Vaclav Havel’s Protest in Conversation, and more.
“The impulse that brings us together is rooted in action. We are doing something by gathering… This is meant not only as a reflective space but a catalytic space.”
–Derek Goldman, Lab Co-Director