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Adam Soch – Reza Abdoh: Theatre Visionary
Photo courtesy of the artist 7:00pm - 9:30pm Adam Soch – Reza Abdoh: Theatre Visionary (US, 2015) 112 minutes | Elebash Recital Hall (180 seats) English www.RezaAbdohDocumentaryFilm.com The impact of wunderkind theatre director Reza Abdoh's explosive work is finally brought to light twenty years after his death from AIDS, with live performance footage and interviews […]
Frederick Wiseman – La Comédie-Française ou L’amour joué
Elebash Recital HallPhoto courtesy of Zipporah 11:00am - 3:00pm Frederick Wiseman – La Comédie-Française ou L'amour joué (France/US, 1996) 223 minutes | Elebash Recital Hall (180 seats) French with English subtitles www.zipporah.com La Comédie-Française is the oldest continuous repertory company in the world, founded in Paris in the late 17th century. This is the first time a […]
Kazuhiro Soda – Theatre 1 [Oriza Hirata]
Segal TheatrePhoto courtesy of the artist 12:00pm - 3:00pm Kazuhiro Soda – Theatre 1 (Japan/US, 2012) 172 minutes | Segal Theatre (70 seats) Japanese with English subtitles www.laboratoryx.us/theatre/HOME.html Theatre 1 (Observational Film Series #3) is a feature length documentary, which closely depicts the world of Oriza Hirata, Japan’s leading playwright and director, and his theatrical company, […]
MUSIC VIDEOS: Dorota Masłowska | Half Straddle/Tina Satter
Segal Theatre3:00PM – MUSIC VIDEOS Photo courtesy of the artist 3:00pm - 3:10pm Dorota Masłowska – Mister D. x Anja Rubik - Chleb + Mister D. - Haj$ (Poland, 2014) Music videos created by Krzysztof Skonieczny / głębokiOFF 4 minutes 37 seconds + 3 minutes 13 seconds | Segal Theatre (70 seats) Polish with English […]
Lucien Bourjeily – About 66 Minutes in Damascus
Elebash Recital HallPhoto courtesy of the artist 3:00pm - 3:30pm Lucien Bourjeily – About 66 Minutes in Damascus (Lebanon, 2012) 19 minutes 30 seconds| Elebash Recital Hall (180 seats) English Lucien Bou Rjeily gives a short presentation about his site-specific play, 66 Minutes in Damascus. Inspired by the descriptions of Syrian detention centers from foreign journalists and local activists […]
Zeina Daccache – Scheherazade’s Diary
Elebash Recital HallPhoto courtesy of the artist 3:30pm - 5:00pm Zeina Daccache – Scheherazade’s Diary (Lebanon, 2013) 80 minutes | Elebash Recital Hall (180 seats) Arabic with English subtitles The women inmates of Lebanon’s Baabda Prison mine the depths of personal experience and confront patriarchy as they prepare and present the first theatre performance staged inside an […]
NEW YORK: Temporary Distortion/Kenneth Collins | John Jesurun | Shaun Irons & Lauren Petty | Daniel Fish & Jim Findlay
Segal Theatre3:30PM – NEW YORK Photo courtesy of the artists 3:30pm - 3:45pm Temporary Distortion/Kenneth Collins – Only the Hand That Erases (US, 2016) 14 minutes | Segal Theatre (70 seats) English Purely imagery and yet pure of image, moments previously captured on celluloidare erased and revisited as ideas inside the mind. This film was created […]
Steven Soderbergh – And Everything is Going Fine
Elebash Recital HallPhoto courtesy of the artist 5:00pm - 6:30pm Steven Soderbergh – And Everything is Going Fine (US, 2010) 89 minutes | Elebash Recital Hall (180 seats) English The late Spalding Gray was a brilliant playwright and actor, known for his dazzling, distinctive monologues, an art form all his own. Here, master filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, who […]
David Levine & David Conison – THEATR
Segal TheatrePhoto courtesy of the artists 6:00pm - 6:30pm David Levine & David Conison – THEATR (US, 2015) 30 minutes | Segal Theatre (70 seats) English www.david-levine.net, www.conison.com David Levine and David Conison discuss their provocative, innovative and disruptive idea on how you can commission theatre in your own home: “Our project is an app, […]
FILM BLOCK: Back to Back Theatre | Hugo Glendinning & Tim Etchells/Forced Entertainment
Segal Theatre6:30PM – FILM BLOCK Photo courtesy of the artists 6:30pm - 6:50pm Back to Back Theatre – The Democratic Set: North Melbourne + Edinburgh (Australia, 2012) 6 minutes 33 seconds + 8 minutes 30 seconds | Segal Theatre (70 seats) English www.democraticset.backtobacktheatre.com *Introduction by Professor Peter Eckersall (The Graduate Center, CUNY) THE DEMOCRATIC SET Edinburgh […]
FILM BLOCK: Evan Husney & Emily Wilson | Mukunda Angulo
Elebash Recital Hall6:30PM – FILM BLOCK Photo courtesy of VICE 6:30pm - 6:50pm Evan Husney & Emily Wilson – The Making of Mirror Heart 16 minutes | Elebash Recital Hall (180 seats) English The Angulo brothers are the subjects of the award-winning documentary THE WOLFPACK, which chronicles their isolated childhood where they were locked away from society in an […]
FILM BLOCK: Romeo Castellucci | Jan Fabre | Robert Wilson
Segal Theatre7:30PM – FILM BLOCK Photo courtesy of the artist 7:30pm - 8:00pm Romeo Castellucci – Brentano (Italy, 1995) 25 minutes | Segal Theatre (70 seats) Italian with English subtitles www.raffaellosanzio.org Visionary theater director Romeo Castellucci’s rare venture into film: a theatre of mental mysteries. Inspired by a 1913 short story of Swiss novelist Robert Walser […]
Sascha Just – Heirs
Elebash Recital HallPhoto courtesy of the artist 7:30pm - 9:30pm Sascha Just – Heirs (US/Germany, 2015) 88 minutes | Elebash Recital Hall (180 seats) English www.frauleinfreytag.com New Orleans, city of jazz and Mardi Gras at the shores of the Mississippi river, is the setting for Heirs. Between French flair and African rhythms, ballrooms and street parades, Heirs […]
Spalding Gray: A Celebration of his Life and Work
Segal TheatreSpalding Gray, NYC, November 1986. Photo by Ken Regan/Camera 5 Monday, April 11 Segal Theatre 6:30pm Reading + Discussion 12:00pm - 6:00pm Screenings FREE + Open to public. First come, first served. Spalding Gray (June 5, 1941 – January 11, 2004) was an iconic New York downtown actor and writer. He is most known for […]
A Day with Romeo Castellucci
Segal TheaterPhoto by Luca Del Pia Tuesday, September 27 Segal Theatre 5:00pm Artist Talk + 10:00am- 4:30pm Screenings FREE + Open to public. First come, first served. Italian theatre director Romeo Castellucci is one of the world’s leading contemporary theatre artists. Born in Cesena in 1960, Castellucci graduated in scenic design and painting from the Academy […]
Theatre & Performance in 1970s NYC: Hillary Miller’s Drop Dead
Segal Theatrehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lADWDDUMGpY Photo by Shalmon Bernstein Monday, October 31 Segal Theatre 6:30pm Discussion + 11:00am Screenings FREE + Open to public. First come, first served. In the mid-1970s, many artists and organizations successfully defied socially destructive policies and fought for the arts as a public good during New York City’s near-bankruptcy and resulting austerity. Scholar and […]
The Legacy of Judith Malina and Julian Beck with The Living Theatre
Segal Theatrehttps://youtu.be/iJ0KO_ugop4 Judith Malina and Julian Beck, 1961. Photo Courtesy of The Living Theatre Archive Monday, November 7 Segal Theatre 6:30 Readings + 10:00am Screenings FREE + Open to public. First come, first served. Join us for an evening celebrating the life and work of the late Judith Malina (June 4, 1926 – April 10, 2015), who […]
A Day with Robert Lepage/Canada
Segal TheaterPhoto by Jocelyn Michel leconsulat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Si_AqoYk0&feature=youtu.be Monday, November 14 Segal Theatre 7:00pm Artist Talk + 11:00am Screenings FREE + Open to public. First come, first served. Born in Quebec in 1957, Robert Lepage is one of the most versatile theatre artists of his generation. Working as an actor, playwright, and director he is constantly creating work […]
Pig Iron Theatre Company: Celebrating Pig Iron’s 20th Anniversary
Segal Theaterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvuVsDn34Tc Photo by Jason Frank Rothenberg Click here watch the livestreamed event! (starts at 6:30pm) Monday, November 21 Segal Theatre 6:30pm Discussion + 12:00pm Screening FREE + Open to public. First come, first served. Since 1995, Pig Iron Theatre Company has been making unprecedented, original work for audiences in its hometown of Philadelphia and beyond. […]
Heiner Müller’s Discovery of America
Segal Theatrehttps://youtu.be/e16nkohfCCQ Heiner Müller in Texas, circa 1975, courtesy of Jack Zipes. Text fragment: “Lautréamont Liberation of the Dead? Sohn der Toten .” Note from Heiner Müller from “Gundling’s Life Frederick of Prussia Lessing’s Sleep Dream Scream,” 1976.Monday, December 19 Segal Theatre All day Symposium 10:00am | 3:00pm |6:30pm FREE + Open to public. First come, first […]