2018 PEN World Voices International Play Festival Announced

As part of the 2018 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, the International Play Festival will showcase play readings by ten voices from around the globe. With playwrights hailing from four different continents, the Festival aims to enrich awareness of global dialogues, by bridging American audiences and international theatre-makers. All readings will be followed by a discussion with the playwright and director.

The 2018 PEN World Voices: International Play Festival

MONDAY, APRIL 16 l TUESDAY, APRIL 17 l SATURDAY, APRIL 21All Day Free Readings and Discussions
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th Street
Curated by Frank Hentschker Monday, April 16 | Segal Theatre
4:00pm Suzy Storck (France)Written by Magali Mougel.Directed by Sara Rademacher. Translated by Chris Campbell.
6:00pm Del Duma / Tell Them About Me! (Romania)Written by Mihaela Dr?gan.Directed by George Eli. Translated by Claudia Campeanu.
8:00pm Intractable Woman (Italy)Written by Stefano Massini.Directed by Lee Sunday Evans . Translated by Paula Wing.

Tuesday, April 17 | Segal Theatre?4:00pm Goats (Syria)Written by Liwaa Yazji.Directed by Zishan Ugurlu. Translated by Katharine Halls.
6:00pm Ways of Loving (Burkina Faso)Written by Aristide Tarnagda.Directed by Kareem Fahmy. Translated by Heather Jeanne Denyer.
8:00pm On The Royal Road: The Burgher King (Austria)Written by Elfriede Jelinek.Directed by Stefan Dzeparoski. Translated by Gitta Honegger.

Saturday, April 21 | Segal Theatre
2:00pm A Fable For Now (Taiwan)Written by Wei Yu-Chia.Directed by Mei Ann Teo. Translated by Jeremy Tiang.
4:00pm In War as in Games (Cameroon)Written by Edouard Elvis Bvouma.Directed by Gisela Cardenas. Translated by Heather Jeanne Denyer.
6:00pm Agnetha Kurtz Roca Method (Chile)Written & Translated by Ana Luz Ormazábal.Co-directed by Amelia Bande and SeungHyun Hwang.
8:00pm Saddam Hussein - A Mystery Play (Israel)Written & Co-Translated by Yonatan Levy.Directed & Co-Translated by Amir Farjoun.

The PEN World Voices: International Play Festival 2018 has been made possible by the support of Susan and Jack Rudin(†) and Marvin Carlson, Sidney E. Cohn Chair, The Graduate Center CUNY. The PEN World Voices: International Play Festival was conceived, created, and curated by Frank Hentschker since 2007 in collaboration with PEN World Voices Festival. 2018 Festival is Produced by Yu Chien Liu.