There
will be a series of conversations after select shows, surrounding themes in KidnapRoad. The play runs approximately 70 minutes with no intermission, and
these happen directly afterwards, lasting no more than a half hour including
the Q & A.
Saturday,
April 29, 2017 7:30pm Performance
In
conversation with Patricia Davis
about the book she co-authored with Dianna Ortiz, “The Blindfold’s Eyes”
regarding the abduction of Sister Dianna Ortiz in Guatemala.
Patricia Davis was a 2015-2016 fellow in Arena
Stage’s Playwrights’ Arena. Her most recent play, Digna, is based on the life of Mexican human rights activist Digna
Ochoa. Davis is the former director of
the Guatemala Human Rights Commission.
Monica Trausch is a Brooklyn-based writer
originally from Los Angeles. Her play
“The ABCs” will premiere at The Complex Theater in Hollywood this summer.
Sunday,
April 30, 2017 2pm Performance
A post-performance
conversation surrounding themes in Kidnap Road with Pirronne Yousefzadeh, a Brooklyn-based
theatre director, writer, and educator and Martha
Wade Steketee, dramaturg, critic, researcher, and theater adjudicator.
Pirronne Yousefzadeh’s productions have received
fifteen Barrymore nominations, including Outstanding Direction and Outstanding
Production.
Martha Wade Steketee works with playwrights, reviews
scripts, and serves on boards including American Theatre Critics Association
and Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.
Thursday,
May 4, 2017 7:30pm Performance
Order
and Disorder in Latin America: a conversation with Alexander
Santiago-Jirau.
Alexander
Santiago-Jirau is
Director of Education at New York Theatre (NYTW). A Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) practitioner
who studied and worked with Augusto Boal, Alex has facilitated numerous
workshops throughout his career. He is
on the faculty for the Program in Educational Theatre at NYU’s Steinhardt
School.
Sunday,
May 7, 2017 2pm Performance
Artists
of Kidnap
Road in conversation with Caridad Svich.
Caridad Svich received 2012 OBIE for Lifetime
Achievement, and the 2011 American Theatre Critics Association Primus Prize.
Her plays, in English and Spanish, have been seen across the US and
abroad. As a translator she is best know for her translations of Federico Garcia
Lorca's plays.
Friday,
May 12, 2017 7:30pm Performance
Jeanine Tesori in conversation with Kidnap
Road’s artistic team.
Jeanine
Tesori is an American composer and musical arranger. She is the
most prolific and honored female theatrical composer in history, with five
Broadway musicals and five Tony Award nominations.
Saturday,
May 13, 2017 7:30pm Performance
In
conversation with Shilpa Darivemula and Rohini Bhatia the medical students
who created The Aseemkala Initiative: The use of dance to
tell stories of illness and healing is ancient and powerful. We aim to preserve
diversity and promote authentic engagement among indigenous communities through
the shared experience of sickness and healing.
Sunday,
May 14, 2017 2pm Performance
In
conversation with Toni Shapiro-Phim
and Amy Lee Sanford about artistic
explorations of the legacies of violence and displacement, especially in
Cambodia.
Toni Shapiro-Phim’s research and writing examines
the relationship of the arts to violence, migration, conflict resolution and
gender concerns. PhD in anthropology from Cornell, focusing on dance and war in
Cambodia. Director of Programs at the Philadelphia Folklore Project.
Amy Lee Sanford, born in Cambodia and raised in
the United States, is a performance and installation artist.
