Opening Night - Virtual Potluck

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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.

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Speed Networking

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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.

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CATAMENIA

 

A theatrical dance performance inspired by a shift, a pandemia, and a city in flames. An ode to New York City.

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This event will take place in McCaren Park, and will also stream live on YouTube.

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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

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Who Are You Writing It For..

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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.

 

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Time Zone Free

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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. 

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International Theater Companies Panel:

SCANDINAVIA

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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.

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Host:

Ida Biering, Dramaturg, Denmark

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Panelists:

Robin Alexander Eriksen, Director, Norway

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Pálína Jónsdóttir, Director, Iceland

Global Gab

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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.

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For detail on scheduled times and topics, click the link for more info.

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International Theater Companies Panel:

EGYPT

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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.

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Host: Daniella Topol, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

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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

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Dalia Kholief, theatre maker, creator of Figgy Kamel, Egypt

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International Theater Companies Panel:

CHINA

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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.

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Host: Kazem Ghouchani, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

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Panelists:

Lynn Fu, Independent Producer, China

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Mia Shen, Independent Producer, China

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Lucia Zhu, Producer, SMG Performing Arts Group, China

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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.

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"Untitled" Video Series

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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.

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Featuring:

Yee Eun Nam (Creative Director) 

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Naomi González (Creative Editor)

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Jody Doo (Artistic consultant) 

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An Introduction to Naked-hand Puppetry

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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 +

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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.

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International Theater Companies Panel:

SOUTH KOREA & SINGAPORE

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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.

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Host: Jody Doo, actor

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Panelists:

Eon Kim, Producer, Zoom Arts Center, South Korea

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Adrian Pang, Artistic Director, Pangdemonium, Singapore

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International Theater Companies Panel:

LATIN AMERICA

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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.

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Host: Danilo Gambini, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Translator: Inés Braun, director

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Panelists:

Ricardo Frayha, Independent Producer, Brazil

Gabi Gonçalves, Corpo Rastreado, Brazil

Juan Anania, Fundacion Teatro a Mil, Chile

Myrna Moguel, Mexico

Marcelo Allasino, Argentina

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ON THE TABLE

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Food is central to all of our cultures. A stop motion animation/podcast of our favorite recipes, and just a taste of our cultural background. Featuring artist Riw Rakkulchon, special thanks (Luiza Reis, Chrysi Sylaidi, Sarah Bitar)

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Revolución

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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.

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THROUGH MY EYES

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When the world shuts down, what do immigrant artists living in New York City see? In this short video, several share their perspectives through poetry, monologues, and images.

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