Seldes, Modine, Lipton, Etc Set for Clurman Festival 9/14-17

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting will celebrate the 2nd annual Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts from September 14 - 17. The Festival will comprise four days of theater, poetry readings, concerts and symposia.

"The theme of all events of the Festival, Art and Social Activism, was conceived to be a teaching tool for young actors, to inspire them to understand the deeper mission of the artist. The theme was also designed to draw attention to the Studio's own feeling of social obligation. Proceeds from this event will support the Stella Adler Outreach Division, providing free year long actor training to low income inner city youth," state press notes. 

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting is located at 31 West 27th Street. Invitations to the Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts are available by calling 212-689-0087.

Schedule for The Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts 2007:

Friday, September 14
- 6pm Cocktail party
- 7pm Symposium - Art and Social Activism.  Edward Albee with Roy Scheider and Mike Medavoy; Marian Seldes will read selections from Albee's speech to the American Council for the Arts, 1998; Award presentation: Mike Medavoy to accept the Marlon Brando Award

Saturday, September 15
- 12 noon Movement and Dance (MAD) performance; choreographed/directed by Steve Cook
- 2pm Lab Theater presents Two Rooms by Lee Blessing, directed by Tom Oppenheim
- 4pm Pucky Violett theater dedication
- 7pm Harold Clurman Concert Series: David Amram and Friends present At Home/Around the World including improvisatory dance with students
- 10pm Lab Theater presents A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens; adapted by Everett Quinton, with Jason Little, directed by Peter Flynn

Sunday, September 16
- 12 noon Movement and Dance (MAD) performance; choreographed/directed by Steve Cook
- 2pm Lab Theater presents Two Rooms by Lee Blessing, directed by Tom Oppenheim
- 4pm Two Rooms Symposium with Terry Anderson, Giandomenico Picco and others
- 7pm Harold Clurman Center for Poetry, Poetic Drama and the Spoken Word: reading and discussion with Ishmael Beah (author of "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier"), Zlata Filipovic (author of "Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo") and Olara Otunnu (former UN special representative for children and armed conflict) introduced by Mellanie Challenger
- 10pm Lab Theater presents A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens; adapted by Everett Quinton, with Jason Little, directed by Peter Flynn

Monday, September 17
- 7pm Symposium - The Life and Work of Stella Adler with Harvey Kietel, Matthew Modine, James Lipton, Holland Taylor, Betsy Parrish, Ellen Adler