While the persistence and curiosity of a researcher is necessary for this step, serendipity also plays a part in this process. Translator and novelist Anton Hur once told me that there is a book out there waiting for you to...
Translators Are Part of the TeamLate last year, a literary theatre agency I have worked with a number of times wrote me that a theatre in Austria is interested in producing a play by one of “my” London playwrights they...
This Symposium is a part of Cara Mia Theatre's 5th Annual Latinidades Theatre Festival. Designed to support arts organizations and independent artists, the Symposium will explore how our arts can thrive during turbulent times, with emphasis on local community engagement...
This season’s Broadway hits have included plays translated from Russian (Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya) and Norwegian (Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People). This might suggest that plays in translation can thrive in US theatre, but that is only true...
Jean: Do you take roughly the same approach you've just described for each novel you’ve adapted for the stage?Caridad: Yes. House of Lagoon by Rosario Ferré was the most recent. I read it. Then, I responded in my own language....
Look at the credits for any Anglophone production of the musical juggernaut Les Misérables, and you may notice something curious: while Alain Boublil is credited for the “original French lyrics,” it is the late Herbert Kretzmer who is listed as...
The playwright, Leslie Kaplan, was gracious enough not only to invite me to meet her in her home tucked up on a hill near the Pantheon, but to read my translation and share her feedback. That spring, I traveled to...
Join HowlRound and Company One for a roundtable conversation that will explore how Boston’s commitment to expanding public access to the arts has redefined what constitutes public art and its impact on placemaking efforts. This event will feature Boston-based arts...
1. Cast Physically Disabled Actors Disabled RolesWhile disabled characters have existed for centuries, they have rarely been played by disabled actors. Many famous non-disabled Hollywood actors have won Oscars playing disabled roles. Scholar and theatremaker Claudia Alick calls this practice...
This doesn’t mean all the Native people who came to Constitution felt good. Some let us know how painful it was to sit in the audience of mostly non-Native people at this particular show. No matter what Adrienne and Oliver...
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