The World Premiere of Catherine Filloux’s How to Eat an Orange will host special post-performance conversations on Sunday, June 2 and Sunday, June 9 with Alexander Santiago-Jirau from New York Theatre Workshop, Marguerite Feitlowitz, author of A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Terror, and playwright Catherine Filloux.
A theme for this year’s women’s history month has been “monstrous women” and the lengths women have had to go through to be heard. Four students from the theatre department tackled this topic through their portrayal of the play, Antígona Furiosa, written by Griselda Gambaro and translated into English by Marguerite Feitlowitz. Antígona Furiosa broughgt.
(JERSEY CITY, NJ) Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC), together with the Farragut Fund for Catalan Culture in the U.S., announces a series of events during the Sant Jordi USA Festival of Books, Roses & the Arts, to be presented at JCTC Studios, 165 Newark Avenue, Jersey City (enter on Barrow Street). This free, hybrid festival – in-person and online – is a branch of the beautiful and emblematic Sant Jordi Book Festival, born in Barcelona and devoted to Saint George the dragonslayer. This year’s festival is presented for the first time in its new home in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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Review: Soulpepper’s audio drama The Walls is harrowing political theatre
Argentine playwright Griselda Gambaro s prescient 1963 play about a brutal interrogation works powerfully in audio format By Glenn Sumi
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THE WALLS by Griselda Gambaro, translated by Marguerite Feitlowitz (Soulpepper). Presented as part of Soulpepper’s Around The World In 80 Plays series. Available to stream until June 30. Rating:
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In just two weeks, Soulpepper’s Around The World In 80 Plays series has become essential for theatre lovers. At a time when both live, in-person theatre and non-essential travel have been put on hold, it offers a creative solution. Imagine a mini international theatre festival for the ears, intellect and soul.