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Global Connections

Another Life: One More Step on the Road

by Karen Malpede September 26, 2011 Global Connections

The follow-up to our Global Connections On the Road grant story We had two and a half weeks to put up my brand-new, six-character language-play, with original musical score and video projections, that I had only heard read in full once by actors in Kosovo.  We knew we were working in festival conditions and our [...]

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The National Theatre of Kosovo in Crisis

by Karen Malpede August 25, 2011 Global Connections

(Ed. Note: Soon after posting Karen Malpede’s essay on her Global Connections project, Another Life on the Road, she received word that her collaborators in Kosovo were in crisis. What follows is more information from Karen regarding the political pressures on the National Theatre of Kosovo, and a letter from their Artistic Director, Jeton Neziraj.) [...]

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Another Life on the Road

by Karen Malpede August 19, 2011 Global Connections
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Photo by Valon Bajgoraj. Pictured: George Bartenieff (Handel) and Rebeka Qena (Tess) We were fortunate to be awarded a Global Connections – On the Road travel grant to take my new play, Another Life, to Kosovo this past June because we already had performance dates in New York for the fall but had not had the [...]

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Global Connections: To Moscow

by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company May 13, 2011 Global Connections
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(Pictured: Howard Shalwitz, Artistic Director; Miriam Weisfeld, Director of Artistic Development; and Brian Smith, General Manager outside the Bolshoi Theatre) By Miriam Weisfeld, Director of Artistic Development at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Our trip to Moscow was a great catalyst for our international work in the coming season. The Golden Mask Festival gave us a [...]

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Global Connections Begins

by August Schulenburg March 24, 2011 Global Citizenship
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In the spirit of World Theatre Day on March 27th (have you watched Jeffrey Wright’s moving message?), we’re sharing a more in depth look at our recent Global Connections grantees. I had the pleasure of sitting in on a teleconference meeting where the participating artists shared the genesis of their plans, with a contagious enthusiasm building [...]

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