Segal Center Welcomes League of Professional Theatre Women's Adelheid Roosen

Join The Segal Center for an all-day celebration of the Dutch Artist: Adelheid Roosen, recipient of the League of Professional Women's 2017 Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award.

"Living in the divided nation we are in 2017, we may look to Adelheid to teach us how to breach the tribal divides between 'our people' and 'those people' and remind us that we are all humans, who suffer and celebrate with the same living spirit."- Linda Chapman, Associate Artistic Director, NY Theatre Workshop

Adelheid Roosen's work is best described as multidimensional social sculpture. Utilizing primarily theatrical methods, she creates performances and installations in places of great social vulnerability. Roosen's work combines theatrical practice with a deep connection to community. Her 'adoption technique', in which players and writers are 'adopted' by members of refugee and immigrant communities for a two-week period, enable in-depth communication, and an intimate connection to collective life stories. Roosen prioritizes discovering and identifying 'the other' at all levels-culturally, geographically, socially, intellectually. She then uses this technique to develop theatrical performance pieces that promote empathy and understanding.

Events Schedule:

Monday, October 23 All Day + 7:00pm Presentation
Segal Theatre + Elebash Recital Hall
FREE + Open to the public
First come, first served The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street
10:00am-4:00pm | Segal TheatreDiscussions & Roundtable
7:00pm-8:30pm | Elebash Recital HallAward Ceremony & Celebration

The League of Profession Theatre Women's Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award was established in 2011 in honor of Rosamond Gilder and Martha Coigney, two legendary theatre women whose work on the international stage proved that theatre knows no boundaries. Presented every three years, this award acknowledges the exceptional work of women in theatre.

The 2017 League of Professional Theatre Women's Gilder/Goigney International Theatre Awardee Adelheid Roosen was chosen from a group of six finalists: Lina Attel (Jordan), Jalila Baccar (Tunisia), Mihaela Dr?gan (Romania), Natalia Kaliada (Belarus), and Jesusa Rodriguez (Mexico). The other 14 nominees are: Abir Aly (Egypt), Sarah Berger (England), Patricia Benecke (Germany), Sabina Berman (Mexico), Kate Cherry (Australia), Drenia Frederick (St. Lucia), Elena Gremina (Russia), Brigitte Helbling (Switzerland), Carmina Narro (Mexico), Julia Pascal (England), Marwa Radwan Mohamed (Egypt), Nan Van Houte (The Netherlands), Ilire Vinca (Kosovo), and? Linda Wise (France).

Previous Award Recipients: Odile Gakire Katese (Rwanda, 2011)Patricia Ariza (Colombia, 2014).

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Photo credit: Robin van Lonkhuijsen