STAGESOURCE is proud to co-sponsor

ACTING TOGETHER ON THE WORLD STAGE: Setting the Scene for Peace
Thursday, October 4 through Monday, October 8, 2007
at Brandeis University
http://www.brandeis.edu/coexistence/events/octarts.html
For more information or to make workshop reservations, please contact Jennie El-Far or 781-736-2617
A limited number of space is available FREE for StageSource members for certain events.

How does performance contribute to building peace in conflict regions around the world? And what happens to the artistic integrity of works with overt political purposes?

From October 4 through October 8, the Brandeis Slifka Program in Intercommunal Coexistence explores these questions in a conference, Acting Together on the World Stage: Setting the Scene for Peace (Actuando Juntos: Trabajando por la Paz en el Escenario Mundial). The event will include public performances, workshops, and conversations with distinguished international theatre artists, cultural workers, and coexistence experts.

The highlight will be appearances by Ana Correa and Augusto Casafranca of Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani. Yuyachkani's work with the Peru Truth and Reconciliation Commission earned them Peru's 2000 National Human Rights Award.

"Yuyachkani asks spectators to become participants in Peru's rich performance traditions...and to bear witness to Peru's history of extermination and resistance; alienation and tenacity; betrayal and remembrance."

Local Latino communities are invited to Yuyachkani's free performance of Rosa Cuchillo on Saturday, October 6th. The actors will also perform at an open class on Friday, October 5th, and will perform Adios Ayacucho at a public symposium, Art vs. Politics and Other False Dichotomies, on Sunday, October 7th.

International theatre artists from conflict regions around the world will present in open sessions of Brandeis University classes on Friday, October 5th and Monday, October 8th. See the schedule of classes.

On Sunday, theater artists, peacebuilders, and sustainable development experts will participate in Pieces of the Coexistence Puzzle: Part II. Topics for these problem-solving workshops range from improving inter-ethnic relations in post-war Serbia to reducing violence in Sri Lanka to strengthening immigrant communities in Waltham. By invitation only--see details.

See the full conference schedule.

Conference presenters include:

• Kevin Clements, Director, Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
• Erik Ehn, Dean, School of Theater, CalArts
• Roberta Levitow, Founder, Theatre Without Borders
• Dijana Milosevic, Director, Dah Teatar and Research Center
• Eugene van Erven, Leading Authority on International Community Theatre

See the full roster of experts and their bios.

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