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La MaMa to Present Acting Together on the World Stage Conference in September

Nikolai Khalezin in Generation Jeans
by Belarus Free Theatre
(© Natalia Koliada)
Nikolai Khalezin in Generation Jeans
by Belarus Free Theatre
(© Natalia Koliada)

La MaMa ETC will present Acting Together on the World Stage: A Conference on Theatre and Peace Building in Conflict Zones, to be produced by Theatre Without Borders at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre, September 23-26.

The event will bring together theater and performance practitioners from around the world to share their experiences with artists, activists, educators, policy makers, and the general public.

Featured performances will include Buckworld One, directed by Rickerby Hinds; Cambodian artists Ieng Sithul and Chhon Sina; Belarus Free Theatre’s Generation Jeans; DAH Teatar’s Crossing the Line; and Albugaa Theatre’s Theatre of Festivity.

Additional conference participants will include Mohammad Aghebati, Marcy Arlin, Daniel Banks, Rubina Feroze Bhatti, Dale Byam, Emilya Cachapero, Cynthia Cohen, Cecily Cook, Debora Correa, David Diamond, Maria Draghici, Erik Ehn, John Eisner, Catherine Filloux, Hannah Fox, Adalet Garmiany, Bogdan Georgescu, Iñigo Ramirez de Haro, Rickerby Hinds, Natalia Kaliada, Rithisal Kang, Mahmood Karimi-Hakak, Roberta Levitow, Barbara Love, Zane Lucas, Allison Jill Lund, Kitche Magak, Ali Mahdi, Dijana Milosevic, Manijeh Mohamedi, Aida Nasrallah, Lee Perlman, Georgiana Pickett, Pauline Ross, Joanna Sherman, Hyesun Shin, Morm Sokly, Theory X Media, James Thompson, Roberto Varea, Chris Vine, Helen White, Torange Yeghiazarian, Mia Yoo, Yuyachkani, and Cathy Zimmerman.

For more information, visit www.theatrewithoutborders.com.