February 2012

FEATURED CONTENT

On Global Citizenship

By Ann Mari Engel

This reflection on another of Theatre Communications Group's core values comes from the vice president of the International Theatre Institute

Creation Under Occupation

By Ismail Khalidi, Erin B. Mee and Naomi Wallace

In the aftermath of its founder’s killing, Palestine’s Freedom Theater is re-introducing itself to the world

Listening to the Women of Uganda

By Douglas Langworthy

Gulu District is a long way from Denver, but not beyond the reach of theatre

A Crisis and a Blessing

By Mofidul Hoque

Artists under attack in Bangladesh find protection and a new theatrical voice by returning to their roots

Women Making Waves

By Eliza Bent

Surrounded but mostly untouched by the upheaval of the Arab Spring, Algerian theatre is poised to enjoy its own quiet revolution

After the War

By Rob Weinert-Kendt

Iraqi theatre artists forge ahead—and reach for global connections—in a cautious, still-fragile country

 

Journeys in Xiamen

By Jeff Liu

Delegates to the 2011 ITI World Congress in China talk about the impact of a landmark meeting

IN PRINT for February 2012

The complete text of Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet; elegant designs of American Conservatory Theater's Once in a Lifetime; Lonnie Firestone on Ari Roth's Middle East explorations at Theater J; Natsu Onoda Power's bold productions, by Celia Wren; Wendy Smith on books about revolutionary musical theatre; 20 questions for Carla Gugino

COVER: A Day in Our Country, directed by Jabbar Khamat, presented by Iraq's Al Mada street theatre troupe in 2007 under a bridge in Baghdad. Photo courtesy of Al Mada.

ABOVE, CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Theater J's Ari Roth (photo courtesy of Theater J); a scene from Mark Rucker's ACT production of Once in a Lifetime (photo by Kevin Berne); a scene from Madness and Civilization, adapted from Michael Foucault and directed by Natsu Onoda Power at Georgetown University (photo by Leslie E. Nordby/Georgetown University)