Rattlestick Playwrights Theater & New York Theatre Salon present Global Forms Theater Festival
A week-long theatrical celebration that's dedicated to international theater artists who live in the United States. Please join us for one of our performances, workshops, or panel discussions. All events are FREE and open to the public, with the hope to remove the boundaries we create between each other.
Contact Us: info@rattlestick.org
Opening Night Party
Mon, June 22 @ 6:30pm EDT
Opening Night - Virtual Potluck
Join us to celebrate our opening night with a virtual potluck. Prepare your favorite dish and sign onto our Zoom party to meet all the artists who will be participating in our week long festival. We are so excited to kick things off with stories, food, and a live Zoom DJ.
Networking
Tues, June 23th @ 8pm EDT
Fri, June 26th @ 3:30pm EDT
Speed Networking
Are you an international artist looking for collaborators? An institutional employee looking to hire international artists? No matter who you are or where you’re from, we’d love to have you. Come speed network with some of the incredible international artists involved in the Global Forms Theater Festival and others interested in theatre-making that promotes cross-cultural collaboration.
Live Performance
Wed, June 24th @ 6:00pm EDT
CATAMENIA
A theatrical dance performance inspired by a shift, a pandemia, and a city in flames. An ode to New York City.
This event will take place in McCaren Park, and will also stream live on YouTube.
Featuring: Eleni Arapoglou, Ignacio Rivas Bixio, Tania Mendoza, and Vassilea Terzaki
Livestreamed and Video Designed by: Attilio Rigotti
Styled by: Lumila Troccoli (GoodVintage)
Directed by: Stefania Bulbarella
Workshop
Fri, June 26th @ 12:30pm EDT
Who Are You Writing It For..
Lead by Salma Zohdi, Dramaturg, and Dina Abdel Aziz, Costume Designer.
A workshop showcasing and examining the opportunities and challenges that face some Egyptian theatre artists when adapting Egyptian narratives to the Western stage.
Zoom Performance
Sat, June 27th @ 12pm EDT
Time Zone Free
Time Zone Free will be a 2-hour online performing and musical spectacle! This show will connect dozens of artists with audiences from all over the Globe under the umbrella of music. Actors, musicians, performers and many more will break Time Zone limits participating from all over the word and passing the baton from one to the next with no breaks! They will perform original and or classical pieces in their native tongue or in English while being accompanied by traditional music from their respective countries. This event will be hosted and presented by Chrysi Sylaidi, a NYC-based Greek Actor, Producer and Director.
Panel Discussion
Sun, June 28th @ 10:30am EDT
International Theater Companies Panel:
SCANDINAVIA
Join us as we connect with different theater companies from around the world, to better hear everyone's unique challenges and the current state of programming.
Host:
Ida Biering, Dramaturg, Denmark
Panelists:
Robin Alexander Eriksen, Director, Norway
Pálína Jónsdóttir, Director, Iceland
Group Discussions
Daily, June 22 - 28th EDT
Global Gab
Join us for our daily 30 minute group discussions with over 20 various artists while we span conversations from arts & snacks to songs & childhood games, and much more.
For detail on scheduled times and topics, click the link for more info.
Panel Discussion
Tues, June 23rd @ 9:30am
International Theater Companies Panel:
EGYPT
Join us as we connect with different theater companies from around the world, to better hear everyone's unique challenges and the current state of programming.
Host: Daniella Topol, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Panelists:
Ahmed El Attar, artistic director, D-CAF and Falaki Theatre; founder and manager, Orient Productions, Temple Independent Theatre Company, and Studio Emad Eddin, Egypt
Dalia Kholief, theatre maker, creator of Figgy Kamel, Egypt
Panel Discussion
Thursday, June 25th @ 10am
International Theater Companies Panel:
CHINA
Join us as we connect with different theater companies from around the world, to better hear everyone's unique challenges and the current state of programming.
Host: Kazem Ghouchani, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Panelists:
Lynn Fu, Independent Producer, China
Mia Shen, Independent Producer, China
Lucia Zhu, Producer, SMG Performing Arts Group, China
Zoom Performance
Thur, June 25th @ 7pm EDT
Fri, June 26th @ 2pm EDT
Oh YES! Eve & Adam: The Return
A performance exploring our relationship with the anatomy of our body and the forbidding of our senses. Created & performed by Kasper Klop, in collaboration with Elizabeth Mak as video designer Morwenna Spagnol as director. Drawing from their cross-continental practices, they use a mix of theater, puppetry, clown and live video design.
Please bring any fruit of your choice to the performance.
Video Series
Sat, June 27th
Sun, June 28th
"Untitled" Video Series
Untitled is a short video series about what we, as immigrant artists, hear and see while living and working in the U.S.
These collections of words were told by strangers on streets, colleagues at work and sometimes close friends.
Featuring:
Yee Eun Nam (Creative Director)
Naomi González (Creative Editor)
Jody Doo (Artistic consultant)
Workshop
Sun, June 28 @ 2pm EDT
An Introduction to Naked-hand Puppetry
In this practical workshop, Kasper Klop offers a glimpse into the infinite world of possibilities that comes with animating just your hands, drawing inspiration from the Belgian practice of nanodances. This initiation to the foundations of naked-hand puppetry will be a chance to check in with your body and senses in a mindful way from wherever you are.
No prior experienced required.
Maximum capacity: 12 participants
Age: 14 +
Zoom Performance
Tues, June 23rd @ 11am EDT
Zoom Story - Anansi and His Six Children
Zoom Story is a digital theatre initiative that started in Lockdown to keep kids entertained in an active way. It's like a TV screen that responds back to children and asks their help to tell the story. This time around, we will be telling the story of Anansi and his Six Children, a West African folktale about gratitude and parental love.
Panel Discussion
Tues, June 23rd @ 9pm
International Theater Companies Panel:
SOUTH KOREA & SINGAPORE
Join us as we connect with different theater companies from around the world, to better hear everyone's unique challenges and the current state of programming.
Host: Jody Doo, actor
Panelists:
Eon Kim, Producer, Zoom Arts Center, South Korea
Adrian Pang, Artistic Director, Pangdemonium, Singapore
Panel Discussion
Friday, June 26th @ 8pm
International Theater Companies Panel:
LATIN AMERICA
Join us as we connect with different theater companies from around the world, to better hear everyone's unique challenges and the current state of programming.
Host: Danilo Gambini, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Translator: Inés Braun, director
Panelists:
Ricardo Frayha, Independent Producer, Brazil
Gabi Gonçalves, Corpo Rastreado, Brazil
Juan Anania, Fundacion Teatro a Mil, Chile
Myrna Moguel, Mexico
Marcelo Allasino, Argentina
Zoom Performance
Sat, June 27th @ 3pm EDT
Revolución
Revolucìon is a Zoom conversational / performance exploring uprisings of the Middle East and their similarities with the current uprisings happening in the US. The original initiation of the work started a week prior to the murder of George Floyd and the uprisings which followed after. This collaboration raises questions about change, violence, justice, and pain.
Producers: Rattlestick Playwrights Theater & New York Theatre Salon
Line Producers / Curators: Jody Doo, Lucy Powis, Salma S. Zohdi
Designers:
Dina El-Aziz
Stefania Bulbarella
Naomi Gonzales Kahn
Elizabeth Mak
Yee Eun Nam
Riw Rakkulchon
Directors:
Inés Braun
Stefania Bulbarella
Morwena Spagnol
Dramaturgs:
Lucy Powis
Salma S. Zohdi
Performers:
Sarah Bitar HanJie Chow
Viveca Chow Jody Doo
Dorothea Gloria Kasper Klop
Russell Legaspi Resa Mishina
Luiza Reis Luca Rodrigues
Vongai Shava Chrysi Sylaidi Manatsu Tanaka Fernando Moya Delgado