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New Special Performance Explores Reproductive Freedom Then And Now

A powerful new theatrical performance explores how Gen Z and past generations connect in ReGeneration: Our Reproductive Freedom Then and Now.
TALENTOS PERUANOS EN NANAS, NY at IATI Theater

peruLaMicro Theater estreno en EEUU de NANAS, del dramaturgo chileno Leonardo Gonzalez. Nanas explora la realidad de cuatro mujeres inmigrantes y dentro de su elenco destaca una peruana.
Prison Reform Activist Evie Litwok and Psychiatrist Dr. Annette Hunt Join “Women in Prison: Eyewitness Accounts" on Today

Nora's Playhouse is tackling the important issue of women in mass incarceration and solitary confinement this Today, April 21 at 8pm.
Prison Reform Activist Evie Litwok and Psychiatrist Dr. Annette Hunt Join “Women in Prison: Eyewitness Accounts" on 4/21

Nora's Playhouse is tackling the important issue of women in mass incarceration and solitary confinement this Thursday, April 21 at 8pm.
Nora's Playhouse to Host Public Reading of WHATDOESFREEMEAN?

Nora's Playhouse is pleased to announce the first public reading of whatdoesfreemean?, a new play by award-winning playwright Catherine Filloux. Developed in collaboration with Nora's Playhouse and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, whatdoesfreemean? takes us into the cell and the mind of its central character, Mary, an African-American woman who is serving time for an undisclosed crime. Her days in solitary confinement are spent trying to keep her sanity in the face of loneliness, indifference, human cruelty, and loss. As she grapples with internal voices that threaten to loosen her grip on reality, anger, outrage, strength, and humor carry Mary through her period of incarceration and beyond.
La MaMa Hosts LUZ Talkback, 10/13

The 2:30 matinee performance of LUZ -- Catherine Filloux's new play about gender-based violence and human rights violations in different parts of the world -- will be followed by a discussion with members of the human rights community, including Kate Doyle of The National Security Archive and winner of the ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism, along with Dr. Marcia Esparza, who has conducted research in areas including state violence, genocide and memory-silence in the aftermath of mass killings.
Photo Flash: First Look at Catherine Filloux's LUZ at La MaMa

LUZ, a world-premiere play by Catherine Filloux (DOG AND WOLF, LEMKIN'S HOUSE), opens tomorrow, Wednesday, October 4 at La MaMa's First Floor Theatre (74A East 4th St.). LUZ is a Watson Arts Project, which presents original theater with a particular emphasis on women. Directed by Jose Zayas and with music composed by Sergio R. Reyes, LUZ has a cast featuring Kim Brockington, Peter Jay Fernandez, Lynette R. Freeman, Bobby Plasencia, Steve Rishard, Kimber Riddle, Julissa Roman and Teresa Yenque.
Catherine Filloux's New Play LUZ Debuts at La MaMa, Now thru 10/14

LUZ-a new play by Catherine Filloux (DOG AND WOLF, LEMKIN'S HOUSE)-will be given its world-premiere production this fall, with previews beginning tonight, September 28 prior to an official press opening October 4 at La MaMa's First Floor Theatre (74A E. 4 St.) in Manhattan. LUZ is a Watson Arts Project, which presents original theater with a particular emphasis on women. LUZ is scheduled to run through October 14.
Catherine Filloux's New Play LUZ Debuts at La MaMa, 9/28-10/14

LUZ-a new play by Catherine Filloux (DOG AND WOLF, LEMKIN'S HOUSE)-will be given its world-premiere production this fall, with previews beginning September 28 prior to an official press opening October 4 at La MaMa's First Floor Theatre (74A E. 4 St.) in Manhattan. LUZ is a Watson Arts Project, which presents original theater with a particular emphasis on women. LUZ is scheduled to run through October 14.

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